Fifteen-year-old Charley Thompson wants a home; food on the table; a school he can attend for more than a few months; and some structure to his life. But he's been pretty much on his own for some time. Charley takes a stables job,...

The Night Always Comes von Vlautin, Willy

Award-winning author of The Motel Life, Northline and Lean on Pete, Willy Vlautin demonstrates his extraordinary talent for confronting issues facing modern America, illuminated through the lives of three memorable characters who are...

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 society, and short on luck and hope,...

Opening like an early Tom Waits barstool-tale, The Motel Life tells the story of two brothers, Frank and Jerry Lee. Taking to the road in an attempt to escape the hit and run accident caused by Jerry Lee, the novel goes back to tell the...

Es ist kalt in Reno, der kleinen Spielerstadt in Nevada. Das Glück hat Frank und Jerry Lee Flannigan längst im Stich gelassen. Die Mutter tot, der Vater ein versoffener Spieler, halten sie sich mit miesen Jobs über Wasser, und die paar...

The first Vlautin in four years is set for release just ahead of the film adaptation of IMPAC-shortlisted Vlautin book "Lean On Pete". Explores a mixed-race man's possibly deluded boxing dream, chased at the margins of contemporary...

Don't Skip Out on Me von Vlautin, Willy

Fleeing Las Vegas and her abusive boyfriend, Allison Johnson moves to Reno, intent on making a new life for herself. Haunted by the mistakes of her past, and lacking any self-belief, her only comfort seems to come from the imaginary...

Award-winning author of Don't Skip Out on Me and The Motel Life, and Lean on Pete, Willy Vlautin demonstrates his extraordinary talent for confronting issues facing modern America, illuminated through the lives of three memorable...

The third novel from this acclaimed author and musician, it was shortlisted for the IMPAC Prize in 2010. A tale of friendship and hope in dark times, it is to be made into a film starring Chloe Sevigny and Steve Buscemi. von Vlautin, Willy

The Night Always Comes von Vlautin, Willy