Lean on Pete: A Novel

Lean on Pete: A Novel

<p>"[Vlautin] unearths a world Steinbeck would have recognised...where the American underclass still resides. Lean On Pete is an archetypal American novel, Huck Finn for the crystal-meth generation." <br />—<em>Independent Extra</em></p><p>Author Willy Vlautin—“a major realist talent”(<em>Seattle Post Intelligencer</em>) who is often compared to Raymond Carver, John Steinbeck, and Denis Johnson—returns with <em>Lean on Pete</em>, the story of a 15-year old boy struggling to make his way to a long lost aunt, who just might give him a home. In the words of author Mark Billingham, “Vlautin is a truly original voice.… [and] one of the best writers in America,” and “Lean on Pete is powerful, heartbreaking stuff.” <br /></p>