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This magnificent desolation : a novel /

Possessing no memories of his life before entering an orphanage, young Duncan recites fantastical stories about his origins and is astonished when his singer mother claims him into an adult world of hazy bars and a salty Vietnam veteran lover.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: O'Malley, Thomas, 1967-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Bloomsbury USA, 2013.
Edition:1st U.S. ed.
Subjects:
Abandoned children > Fiction.
Mothers and sons > Fiction.
Loss (Psychology) in children > Fiction.
Loneliness in children > Fiction.
Imagination in children > Fiction.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Veterans > Fiction.
Minnesota > Fiction.
San Francisco (Calif.) > Fiction.
Psychological fiction.
Description
Summary:Possessing no memories of his life before entering an orphanage, young Duncan recites fantastical stories about his origins and is astonished when his singer mother claims him into an adult world of hazy bars and a salty Vietnam veteran lover.
Physical Description:405 pages ; 25 cm.
ISBN:9781608192793 (hbk.)
1608192792 (hbk.)