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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Center Point Pub
Publication date
June 1, 2009
Pages
420
Binding
Library
Edition
Large print
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9781602855069
ISBN-10
1602855064
Dimensions
1.50 by 5.75 by 8.75 in.
Weight
1.34 lbs.
Availability§
Out of Print
Original list price
$32.95
Other format details
large print
§As reported by publisher
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Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: The warm, funny, and supremely original new novel from one of the most acclaimed writers in America
The year is 1985. Benji Cooper is one of the only black students at an elite prep school in Manhattan. He spends his falls and winters going to roller-disco bar mitzvahs, playing too much Dungeons and Dragons, and trying to catch glimpses of nudity on late-night cable TV. After a tragic mishap on his first day of high schoolâwhen Benji reveals his deep enthusiasm for the horror movie magazine Fangoriaâhis social doom is sealed for the next four years.
But every summer, Benji escapes to the Hamptons, to Sag Harbor, where a small community of African American professionals have built a world of their own. Because their parents come out only on weekends, he and his friends are left to their own devices for three glorious months. And although heâs just as confused about this all-black refuge as he is about the white world he negotiates the rest of the year, he thinks that maybe this summer things will be different. If all goes according to plan, that is.
There will be trials and tribulations, of course. There will be complicated new handshakes to fumble through, and state-of-the-art profanity to master. He will be tested by contests big and small, by his misshapen haircut (which seems to have a will of its own), by the New Coke Tragedy of â85, and by his secret Lite FM addiction. But maybe, with a little luck, things will turn out differently this summer.
In this deeply affectionate and fiercely funny coming-of-age novel, Whiteheadâusing the perpetual mortification of teenage existence and the desperate quest for reinventionâlithely probes the elusive nature of identity, both personal and communal.
The year is 1985. Benji Cooper is one of the only black students at an elite prep school in Manhattan. He spends his falls and winters going to roller-disco bar mitzvahs, playing too much Dungeons and Dragons, and trying to catch glimpses of nudity on late-night cable TV. After a tragic mishap on his first day of high schoolâwhen Benji reveals his deep enthusiasm for the horror movie magazine Fangoriaâhis social doom is sealed for the next four years.
But every summer, Benji escapes to the Hamptons, to Sag Harbor, where a small community of African American professionals have built a world of their own. Because their parents come out only on weekends, he and his friends are left to their own devices for three glorious months. And although heâs just as confused about this all-black refuge as he is about the white world he negotiates the rest of the year, he thinks that maybe this summer things will be different. If all goes according to plan, that is.
There will be trials and tribulations, of course. There will be complicated new handshakes to fumble through, and state-of-the-art profanity to master. He will be tested by contests big and small, by his misshapen haircut (which seems to have a will of its own), by the New Coke Tragedy of â85, and by his secret Lite FM addiction. But maybe, with a little luck, things will turn out differently this summer.
In this deeply affectionate and fiercely funny coming-of-age novel, Whiteheadâusing the perpetual mortification of teenage existence and the desperate quest for reinventionâlithely probes the elusive nature of identity, both personal and communal.
Editions
Hardcover
from Doubleday (April 28, 2009)
9780385527651 | details & prices | 273 pages | 6.50 × 9.75 × 1.25 in. | 1.20 lbs | List price $24.95
Paperback
1 reprint edition from Anchor Books (June 15, 2010)
9780307455161 | details & prices | 329 pages | 5.25 × 8.25 × 0.75 in. | 0.56 lbs | List price $15.95
CD/Spoken Word
With Mirron Willis (other contributor) |
Unabridged edition from Random House (April 28, 2009)
9780739381908 | details & prices | 5.25 × 6.25 × 1.25 in. | 0.28 lbs | List price $39.95
About: The warm, funny, and supremely original new novel from one of the most acclaimed writers in America The year is 1985.
About: The warm, funny, and supremely original new novel from one of the most acclaimed writers in America The year is 1985.
Library
The price comparison is for this edition
Large print edition from Center Point Pub (June 1, 2009)
9781602855069 | details & prices | 420 pages | 5.75 × 8.75 × 1.50 in. | 1.34 lbs | List price $32.95
About: The warm, funny, and supremely original new novel from one of the most acclaimed writers in America The year is 1985.
About: The warm, funny, and supremely original new novel from one of the most acclaimed writers in America The year is 1985.
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