Football is Willy Keeler's ticket out of West Texas, but only if he can keep his intellect, hormones, and adolescent rage from destroying his high school career. Reminiscent of such classic works as "The Last Picture Show" and "Catcher in the Rye, Whompyjawed" introduces a writer whose distinctive voice, knowing perspective, and off-beat sense of humor capture a time and place with striking originality.
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Football is Willy Keeler's ticket out of West Texas, but only if he can keep his intellect, hormones, and adolescent rage from destroying his high school career. Reminiscent of such classic works as "The Last Picture Show" and "Catcher in the Rye, Whompyjawed" introduces a writer whose distinctive voice, knowing perspective, and off-beat sense of humor capture a time and place with striking originality.
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Add this copy of Whompyjawed: a Novel to cart. $9.50, good condition, Sold by Bookmans rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Tucson, AZ, UNITED STATES, published 2001 by Scribner.
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Good. Clean Pages. Mylar cover on dust jacket NOT taped to book. Proceeds benefit the Pima County Public Library system, which serves Tucson and southern Arizona.
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Near Fine jacket. 190 pages. Author's first novel. Signed by the author on title page. First edition (first printing). Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Football is Willy Keeler's ticket out of West Texas, but only if he can keep his intellect, hormones, and adolescent rage from destroying his high school career. Between his girlfriend Hanna, who won't quite have sex with him; her father, the high school principal; his lonely mother; and Coach Bud, who may need Willy more than Willy needs him, Willy has his work cut out for him. A brief, depressing sexual encounter with a classmate, an infatuation with one of his mother's friends, and his mixed feelings about leaving his backwater hometown further complicate Willy's attempts to make sense of himself and plan for the future. Reminiscent of such classic works as The Last Picture Show, Catcher in the Rye, and, in its evocation of America's obsession with football, A Fan's Note, Whompyjawed introduces a writer whose distinctive voice, knowing perspective, and off-beat sense of humor capture a time and place with striking originality.
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