The End of Vandalism by Drury, Tom
The End of Vandalism by Drury, Tom

The End of Vandalism

Set in rural Iowa, this "breathtaking . . . remarkable achievement" of a debut novel by the...
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Author: Tom Drury
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Language: English
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The End of Vandalism by Drury, Tom

The End of Vandalism

$21.60
The End of Vandalism by Drury, Tom

The End of Vandalism

$21.60
Author: Tom Drury
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Description

Set in rural Iowa, this "breathtaking . . . remarkable achievement" of a debut novel by the author of Pacific is "at once funny, sad, and touching" (New York Newsday).

A New York Magazine and Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year

With extensive excerpts appearing in The New Yorker before its release, Tom Drury's groundbreaking debut, The End of Vandalism, drew widespread acclaim and comparison to the works of Sherwood Anderson and William Faulkner.

With his fictional Grouse County, Tom Drury conjures a Midwest that is at once familiar and amusingly eccentric--where a thief vacuums the church before stealing the chalice, a lonely woman paints her toenails in a drafty farmhouse, and a sleepless man watches his restless bride scatter their bills beneath the stars.

When Sheriff Dan Norman arrests Tiny Darling for vandalizing an anti-vandalism dance, he goes on to marry the culprit's ex-wife Louise. But while Tiny loses Louise, Louise loses her sense of self--and all three find themselves in a love triangle that sets them on an epic journey.

"A truly great writer."--Esquire

"Grouse County is unabashedly American, a setting both nostalgic and wittily contemporary."--The Boston Globe



Author: Tom Drury
Publisher: Grove Press
Published: 06/02/2006
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.12h x 6.44w x 0.98d
ISBN: 9780802142702

About the Author

Tom Drury is the author of five previous novels, including Pacific, long-listed for the National Book Award, and The End of Vandalism, named one of the best books of the past 45 years by GQ Magazine in 2002. His short stories have appeared in The New Yorker, The Paris Review, Harper's, and A Public Space, and he has received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the American Academy in Berlin, and MacDowell. He lives in Iowa City.


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