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The Memory of Running

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The Memory of Running

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"Smithy is an American original, worthy of a place on the shelf just below your Hucks, your Holdens, your Yossarians." -Stephen King Every so often, a novel comes along that captures the public's imagination with a story that sweeps readers up and takes them on a thrilling, unforgettable ride. Ron McLarty's The Memory of Running is this decade's novel. By all accounts, especially his own, Smithson "Smithy" Ide is a loser. An overweight, friendless, chain-smoking, forty-three-year-old drunk, Smithy's life becomes completely unhinged when he loses his parents and long-lost sister within the span of one week. Rolling down the driveway of his parents' house in Rhode Island on his old Raleigh bicycle to escape his grief, the emotionally bereft Smithy embarks on an epic, hilarious, luminous, and extraordinary journey of discovery and redemption.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
384
Release Date:
2005-12-27
Publication Date:
2005-12-27
Publisher:
Penguin Adult Hc/Tr
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0143036688
ISBN13:
9780143036685
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
Minimum Reading Age:
18
Weight:
432 g
Height:
129 cm
Width:
210 cm
Thickness:
21 cm
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