Purple America, a novel, Rick Moody
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Purple America, a novel, Rick Moody
Language
eng
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no index present
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non fiction
Main title
Purple America
Oclc number
39621660
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Rick Moody
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a novel
Summary
A son returns home to look after his mother, abandoned by his stepfather. The novel follows him as he handles the chores, gets drunk and has a romance on the side. The mother, in a wheel chair and incontinent, extracts a promise that he will kill her if she gets worse. In the background hovers the stepfather, unable to decide whether to return. The setting is a wealthy suburb in Connecticut. By the author of The Ice Storm
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