Lean on Pete, Paperback

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"" Vlautin] unearths a world Steinbeck would have recognised...where the American underclass still resides. Lean On Pete is an archetypal American novel, Huck Finn for the crystal-meth generation."" --Independent Extra Author Willy Vlautin--""a major realist talent""(Seattle Post Intelligencer) who is often compared to Raymond Carver, John Steinbeck, and Denis Johnson--returns with Lean on Pete, the story of a 15-year old boy struggling to make his way to a long lost aunt, who just might give him a home. In the words of author Mark Billingham, ""Vlautin is a truly original voice....and] one of the best writers in America,"" and ""Lean on Pete is powerful, heartbreaking stuff.""