09 - American Rust, by Philip Meyer
WHY I PICKED IT: Recommended by the saleslady at Small World Books, in Venice Beach (highly recommend that bookstore!)
ELAPSED TIME: 6 days
RATING: Good
Isaac English and Billy Poe are best friends, stuck in a dead-end Pennsylvania steel town. Isaac, left to take care of his aging father after his mother committed suicide and his sister went to Yale, and Billy who turned down a football scholarship in order to do nothing. As Isaac finally decides to leave town, the two friends get caught up in an act of violence that leaves one person dead.
The story of the weeks that follow this are told through their eyes, as well as Billy's mother, Isaac's sister and father, and the local police chief. Meyer writes warm characters that you can't help but empathize with and root for, and provides a glimpse into a community in small town America.
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