Theodore Weesner: 7 books

A detective searches for a missing boy in this “compulsively readable thriller” from the author of The Car Thief (Chicago Tribune).   Gil Dulac, a police investigator in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, sees his sleepy city infested with a pandemic of sexual depravity. So it’s no surprise to him...

«Se avessi un migliaio di dollari vi comprerei, a voi due». Così canticchiava Mrs Komareck ad Alex e a suo fratello Howard quando erano piccoli e lei badava a loro. È il primo ricordo che Alex ha in riformatorio, dove si trova per aver rubato quattordici macchine, l’ultima una Buick del 1959....

Novel Ideas provides a substantial introduction to the elements of fiction followed by in-depth interviews with successful novelists who speak with candor and insight into the complex process by which a novel is made. This edition includes new and updated interviews as well as writing exercises to...

A young man leaves South Boston for the first Gulf War, in a novel that is “a very great achievement” (The Boston Globe).   Growing up in Southie, Jimmy Murphy boxes after school, developing his toughness as he looks forward to enlisting in the army like his father. He navigates the racial politics...

In “one of the great coming-of-age novels of the twentieth century,” an estranged father and son struggle to get by in 1950s Michigan (New York Times–bestselling author Jennifer Haigh).   It’s 1959 in Flint, Michigan, and sixteen-year-old Alex Housman has just stolen his fourteenth car. Frankly,...

In early 1960s Detroit, a teenage basketball star faces disillusionment in his quest for glory, in this “knockout” novel by the author of The Car Thief (The Boston Globe).   Fifteen-year-old Dale Wheeler, the son of an unemployed, alcoholic autoworker, hopes to lead his team to the City League...

A lobster fisherman in Maine attempts to reconcile his rocky past in this “unforgettable novel” by the author of The Car Thief (Kirkus Reviews).   Lobster fisherman Warren Hudon has made a life of almost absolute isolation on the rough waters of southern Maine. But when he is diagnosed with rapidly...