The Ordinary White Boy
by:
Brock Clarke (author)
Brock Clarke,Hardcover - 1 ED, English-language edition,Pub by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Brock Clarke,Hardcover - 1 ED, English-language edition,Pub by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780151008100 (0151008108)
Publish date: September 10th 2001
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages no: 272
Edition language: English
I first learned about Brock Clarke, and subsequently his novels, because he was my creative writing professor for four quarters at the University of Cincinnati. Therefore, having known him personally, I had preconceived notions about what his writing might be like. He was an enjoyable teacher, and I...
Irony is alive and well in upstate New York. This is an amusing and entertaining tale that comes off sounding like the wise-ass little brother of Jernigan by David Gates. Lamar Kerry Jr. does not know pain, and even goes as far as to get himself beaten up, because he feels that he deserves it. He is...