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Northline

Willy Vlautin

Fleeing Las Vegas and her abusive boyfriend, Allison Johnson moves to Reno, intent on making a new life for herself. But, as life crawls on and she finds work, small…

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The Horse

Willy Vlautin

Sixty-five-year-old Al Ward is living on old mining land in Nevada. One morning, a horse arrives outside his home, seemingly unable to feed itself or stay safe from coyote attacks…

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The Horse

Willy Vlautin

"Willy Vlautin's characters blaze with honesty, fighting for their slim chance at the American dream."--Rene Denfeld, author of The Butterfly Girl and The Child Finder

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The Horse

Willy Vlautin

"Willy Vlautin's characters blaze with honesty, fighting for their slim chance at the American dream."--Rene Denfeld, author of The Butterfly Girl and The Child Finder

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The Horse

Willy Vlautin

For fans of A Star is Born and Crazy Heart, Willy Vlautin's most personal novel yet - a poetic and deeply moving story about what it really takes to…

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The Horse

Willy Vlautin

Sixty-five-year-old Al Ward is living on old mining land in Nevada. One morning, a horse arrives outside his home, seemingly unable to feed itself or stay safe from coyote attacks…

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The Horse

Willy Vlautin

"Willy Vlautin's characters blaze with honesty, fighting for their slim chance at the American dream."--Rene Denfeld, author of The Butterfly Girl and The Child Finder

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The Free

Willy Vlautin

Severely wounded in the Iraq war, Leroy has lived a half-life in a group home for eight years. Unable to bear it any longer, he commits a desperate act which…

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The Horse

Willy Vlautin

For fans of A Star is Born and Crazy Heart, Willy Vlautin's most personal novel yet - a poetic and deeply moving story about what it really takes to be…

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The Horse Lib/E

Willy Vlautin

"Willy Vlautin's characters blaze with honesty, fighting for their slim chance at the American dream."--Rene Denfeld, author of The Butterfly Girl and The Child Finder

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The Free

A beautiful and bittersweet new novel from the author of Lean on Pete and The Motel Life.

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Lean on Pete Movie Tie-In

Left homeless by the death of his father, fifteen-year-old Charley Thompson sets off with a racehorse, Lean on Pete, on a perilous treck from Portland, Oregon to Wyoming to find…

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Lean on Pete Movie Tie-In

Left homeless by the death of his father, fifteen-year-old Charley Thompson sets off with a racehorse, Lean on Pete, on a perilous treck from Portland, Oregon to Wyoming to find…

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Lean on Pete Movie Tie-In

Left homeless by the death of his father, fifteen-year-old Charley Thompson sets off with a racehorse, Lean on Pete, on a perilous treck from Portland, Oregon to Wyoming to find…

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Don’t Skip Out on Me

Determined to prove his worth, a half-Paiute, half-Irish ranch hand who was abandoned by his parents leaves his aging guardians to become a champion boxer before matches organized in Mexico…

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Don’t Skip Out on Me

Determined to prove his worth, a half-Paiute, half-Irish ranch hand who was abandoned by his parents leaves his aging guardians to become a champion boxer before matches organized in Mexico…

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Don’t Skip Out on Me Lib/E

Meet Horace Hopper, a twenty-one-year-old farm hand in Tonopah, Nevada, who works for Mr Reece and his wife, the nearest thing he’s had to family in years. But Horace, half-white…

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Lean On Pete

Willy Vlautin

Left homeless by the death of his father, fifteen-year-old Charley Thompson sets off with a racehorse, Lean on Pete, on a perilous treck from Portland, Oregon to Wyoming to find…

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Lean On Pete

Willy Vlautin

Left homeless by the death of his father, fifteen-year-old Charley Thompson sets off with a racehorse, Lean on Pete, on a perilous treck from Portland, Oregon to Wyoming to find…

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Don’t Skip Out on Me

Willy Vlautin

Determined to prove his worth, a half-Paiute, half-Irish ranch hand who was abandoned by his parents leaves his aging guardians to become a champion boxer before matches organized in Mexico…

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Don’t Skip Out on Me

Willy Vlautin

Determined to prove his worth, a half-Paiute, half-Irish ranch hand who was abandoned by his parents leaves his aging guardians to become a champion boxer before matches organized in Mexico…

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The Motel Life

Willy Vlautin

The hugely moving novel from Willy Vlautin, reissued with a new cover.

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The Motel Life

Willy Vlautin

The hugely moving novel from Willy Vlautin, reissued with a new cover.

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The Night Always Comes

Willy Vlautin

Set over two days and two nights, the story of one woman’s resilience in the face of opportunism, greed and ever-narrowing choices.

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Don’t Skip Out on Me

Willy Vlautin

First novel in four years from the much-loved Willy Vlautin, of the bands Richmond Fontaine and The Delines.

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Lean on Pete

Willy Vlautin

Film tie-in edition of Willy Vlautin’s unforgettable story of a friendship and hope in dark times.

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The Motel Life

Willy Vlautin

Opening like an early Tom Waits barstool-tale, The Motel Life tells the story of two brothers, Frank and Jerry Lee.

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Don’t Skip Out on Me

Willy Vlautin

Determined to prove his worth, a half-Paiute, half-Irish ranch hand who was abandoned by his parents leaves his aging guardians to become a champion boxer before matches organized in Mexico…

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The Motel Life

Willy Vlautin

In this powerful debut novel, brothers Frank and Jerry Lee are on the run after a hit-and-run accident. Interweaving past and present, Vlautin unfolds the story of their unhappy lives–lives…

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Lean on Pete

Willy Vlautin

Left homeless by the death of his father, fifteen-year-old Charley Thompson sets off with a racehorse, Lean on Pete, on a perilous treck from Portland, Oregon to Wyoming to find…

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The Free

Willy Vlautin

A beautiful and bittersweet new novel from the author of Lean on Pete and The Motel Life.

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Northline

Willy Vlautin

Fleeing Las Vegas and her abusive boyfriend, Allison Johnson moves to Reno, but finds herself haunted by the mistakes of her past, and lacking any self-belief. Her only comfort seems…

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Lean on Pete

Willy Vlautin

Fifteen-year-old Charley Thompson wants a home and some structure to his life. But as the son of a single father working at warehouses across the Pacific Northwest, he’s been pretty…

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The Night Always Comes

Willy Vlautin

Set over two days and nights, The Night Always Comes holds up a mirror to a society which leaves too many people only a step away from ruin.

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The Motel Life

Willy Vlautin

With "echoes of Of Mice and Men"(The Bookseller, UK), The Motel Life explores the frustrations and failed dreams of two Nevada brothers--on the run after a hit-and-run accident--who, forgotten by…

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The Free Lib/E

That Leroy Kervin was gone. Willy Vlautin’s stunning fourth novel opens with Leroy, a young, wounded, Iraq veteran, waking to a rare moment of clarity, his senses flooded with the…

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Northline

Willy Vlautin

Full of memorable characters and imbued with a beautiful sense of yearning, Northline is the latest novel from Vlautin, whose work has been lauded by the New York Times Book…

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The Night Always Comes

Willy Vlautin

Barely thirty, Lynette is exhausted juggling multiple jobs but still wants to provide a stable home for her family. As her desperation builds, Lynette makes a dangerous choice that sets…

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The Night Always Comes

Willy Vlautin

Barely thirty, Lynette is exhausted juggling multiple jobs but still wants to provide a stable home for her family. As her desperation builds, Lynette makes a dangerous choice that sets…

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The Night Always Comes Lib/E

Willy Vlautin

Barely thirty, Lynette is exhausted juggling multiple jobs but still wants to provide a stable home for her family. As her desperation builds, Lynette makes a dangerous choice that sets…

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The Night Always Comes

Willy Vlautin

Barely thirty, Lynette is exhausted juggling multiple jobs but still wants to provide a stable home for her family. As her desperation builds, Lynette makes a dangerous choice that sets…

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The Night Always Comes

Willy Vlautin

Set over two days and two nights, the story of one woman’s resilience in the face of opportunism, greed and ever-narrowing choices.

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Short Dog: Cab Driver Stories from the L.A. Streets

Dan Fante

Soaked in booze and sadness, psychotic eruptions and hilarity. -Willy Vlautin

In the freewheeling, debaucherous tradition of Charles Bukowski, a taxi driver’s stories from the streets of lowlife Los Angeles-with…

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Northline

Willy Vlautin

From the author of The Motel Life comes another hugely moving slice of Americana.

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Northline

Willy Vlautin

From the author of The Motel Life comes another hugely moving slice of Americana.

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