Town College City Road by McGinty, Patrick

Town College City Road

Town College City Road follows Kurt Boozel from childhood in an insular Northwestern Pennsylvania steel town through...
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Author: Patrick McGinty
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Town College City Road by McGinty, Patrick

Town College City Road

$29.02

Town College City Road

$29.02
Author: Patrick McGinty
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Town College City Road follows Kurt Boozel from childhood in an insular Northwestern Pennsylvania steel town through life's booms and busts, and back to his Rust Belt home. As a teenage math whiz, Kurt is bullied but relishes the opportunity to tutor his high school's star athlete. After their friendship ends in a public and emasculating act of violence, Kurt steers his life progressively eastward, first as a closeted economics major clinging to the coattails of his richer fraternity brothers, then to New York for a high-pressure finance job. After turning his attention to the fantastic promises of the cryptocurrency market, he finds himself unmoored while driving across Pennsylvania in the midst of a snowstorm to be the best man at his brother's wedding.

Through his struggles to pass multiple masculine initiations, both real and metaphorical, Kurt ultimately discovers that the only thing tougher than running away from rural mythology is constructing a new one.

Author: Patrick McGinty
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Published: 09/23/2025
Pages: 284
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780299354244


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 07/15/2025
Library Journal 07/18/2025 pg. 1

About the Author
Patrick McGinty teaches at Slippery Rock University and serves on the executive council for his statewide faculty union, APSCUF. He is the author of Test Drive, a novel about Pittsburgh's driverless car sector.

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