The spectacular now

Tharp, Tim, 1957-

The spectacular now Tim Tharp. - 1st edition. - New York, NY : Alfred A. Knopf, 2008. - 294 pages ; 22 cm.

In the last months of high school, charismatic eighteen-year-old Sutter Keely lives in the present, staying drunk or high most of the time, but that could change when starts working to boost the self-confidence of a classmate, Aimee.

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Self-destructive behavior--Fiction.
Dating (Social customs)--Fiction.
Substance abuse--Fiction.
High schools--Fiction.
Schools--Fiction.
Stepfamilies--Fiction.
Family life--Oklahoma--Fiction.


Oklahoma--Fiction.

PZ 7.T32724 / .Sp31 2008