The Resource The tragic age : a novel, Stephen Metcalfe
The tragic age : a novel, Stephen Metcalfe
Resource Information
The item The tragic age : a novel, Stephen Metcalfe represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Vancouver Public Library, Britannia Branch (Open with Limited Services).This item is available to borrow from 3 library branches.
Resource Information
The item The tragic age : a novel, Stephen Metcalfe represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Vancouver Public Library, Britannia Branch (Open with Limited Services).
This item is available to borrow from 3 library branches.
- Summary
- This is the story of Billy Kinsey, heir to a lottery fortune, part genius, part philosopher and social critic, full time insomniac and closeted rock drummer. Billy has decided that the best way to deal with an absurd world is to stay away from it. Do not volunteer. Do not join in. Billy will be the first to tell you it doesn't always work-- not when your twin sister, Dorie, has died, not when your unhappy parents are at war with one another, not when frazzled soccer moms in two-ton SUVs are more dangerous than atom bombs, and not when your guidance counselor keeps asking why you haven't applied to college. Billy's life changes when two people enter his life. Twom Twomey is a charismatic renegade who believes that truly living means going a little outlaw. Twom and Billy become one another's mutual benefactor and friend. At the same time, Billy is reintroduced to Gretchen Quinn, an old and adored friend of Dorie's. It is Gretchen who suggests to Billy that the world can be transformed by creative acts of the soul. With Twom, Billy visits the dark side. And with Gretchen, Billy experiences possibilities. Billy knows that one path is leading him toward disaster and the other toward happiness. The problem is--Billy doesn't trust happiness. It's the age he's at. The tragic age
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 310 pages
- Isbn
- 9781250054418
- Label
- The tragic age : a novel
- Title
- The tragic age
- Title remainder
- a novel
- Statement of responsibility
- Stephen Metcalfe
- Title variation
- Between chaos and change lies... the tragic age
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- This is the story of Billy Kinsey, heir to a lottery fortune, part genius, part philosopher and social critic, full time insomniac and closeted rock drummer. Billy has decided that the best way to deal with an absurd world is to stay away from it. Do not volunteer. Do not join in. Billy will be the first to tell you it doesn't always work-- not when your twin sister, Dorie, has died, not when your unhappy parents are at war with one another, not when frazzled soccer moms in two-ton SUVs are more dangerous than atom bombs, and not when your guidance counselor keeps asking why you haven't applied to college. Billy's life changes when two people enter his life. Twom Twomey is a charismatic renegade who believes that truly living means going a little outlaw. Twom and Billy become one another's mutual benefactor and friend. At the same time, Billy is reintroduced to Gretchen Quinn, an old and adored friend of Dorie's. It is Gretchen who suggests to Billy that the world can be transformed by creative acts of the soul. With Twom, Billy visits the dark side. And with Gretchen, Billy experiences possibilities. Billy knows that one path is leading him toward disaster and the other toward happiness. The problem is--Billy doesn't trust happiness. It's the age he's at. The tragic age
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Metcalfe, Steve
- Dewey number
- 813/.54
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3563.E833
- LC item number
- T73 2015
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Teenage boys
- Life change events
- Social criticism
- Friendship
- Choice (Psychology)
- California, Southern
- Target audience
- adolescent
- Label
- The tragic age : a novel, Stephen Metcalfe
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 310 pages
- Isbn
- 9781250054418
- Isbn Type
- (hbk.)
- Lccn
- 2014034641
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- System control number
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- ocn893783973
- (OCoLC)893783973
- Label
- The tragic age : a novel, Stephen Metcalfe
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 310 pages
- Isbn
- 9781250054418
- Isbn Type
- (hbk.)
- Lccn
- 2014034641
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- System control number
-
- ocn893783973
- (OCoLC)893783973
Library Locations
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Vancouver Public Library, Central Library (Open with Limited Services - Children’s Library, Level 2 and Level 3)Borrow it350 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, BC, V6B 6B1, CA49.280188 -123.114755
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Vancouver Public Library, Champlain Heights Branch (Open with Limited Services)Borrow it7110 Kerr Street, Vancouver, BC, V5S 4W2, CA49.219031 -123.041172
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Vancouver Public Library, Fraserview Branch (Open with Limited Services)Borrow it1950 Argyle Drive, Vancouver, BC, V5P 2A8, CA49.219409 -123.067913
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