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    The Horse

    Willy Vlautin

    For fans of A Star is Born and Crazy Heart, Willy Vlautin's most personal novel yet - a poetic and deeply moving story about what it really takes to…

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    Lean on Pete

    Willy Vlautin

    Fifteen-year-old Charley Thompson wants a home and some structure to his life. But as the son of a single father working at warehouses across the Pacific Northwest, he’s been pretty…

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    Don’t Skip Out on Me

    Willy Vlautin

    Meet Horace Hopper, a twenty-one-year-old farm hand in Tonopah, Nevada, who works for Mr Reece and his wife, the nearest thing he’s had to family in years. But Horace, half-white…

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    The Motel Life

    Willy Vlautin

    Opening like an early Tom Waits barstool-tale, The Motel Life tells the story of two brothers, Frank and Jerry Lee.

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    The Horse

    Willy Vlautin

    A poignant meditation on addiction, heartbreak, and the reality of life on the road in smalltime bands, The Horse is a beautiful, haunting tale from an author working at the…

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    The Night Always Comes

    Willy Vlautin

    Set over two days and nights, The Night Always Comes holds up a mirror to a society which leaves too many people only a step away from ruin.

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    Northline

    Willy Vlautin

    Fleeing Las Vegas and her abusive boyfriend, Allison Johnson moves to Reno, intent on making a new life for herself. But, as life crawls on and she finds work, small…

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    The Horse

    Willy Vlautin

    Sixty-five-year-old Al Ward is living on old mining land in Nevada. One morning, a horse arrives outside his home, seemingly unable to feed itself or stay safe from coyote attacks…

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    The Horse

    Willy Vlautin

    Sixty-five-year-old Al Ward is living on old mining land in Nevada. One morning, a horse arrives outside his home, seemingly unable to feed itself or stay safe from coyote attacks…

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    The Free

    Willy Vlautin

    Severely wounded in the Iraq war, Leroy has lived a half-life in a group home for eight years. Unable to bear it any longer, he commits a desperate act which…

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    The Free

    Willy Vlautin

    A beautiful and bittersweet new novel from the author of Lean on Pete and The Motel Life.

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    Don’t Skip Out on Me

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    First novel in four years from the much-loved Willy Vlautin, of the bands Richmond Fontaine and The Delines.

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    The Horse

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    For fans of A Star is Born and Crazy Heart, Willy Vlautin's most personal novel yet - a poetic and deeply moving story about what it really takes to be…

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    Lean On Pete

    Willy Vlautin

    Left homeless by the death of his father, fifteen-year-old Charley Thompson sets off with a racehorse, Lean on Pete, on a perilous treck from Portland, Oregon to Wyoming to find…

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    Lean On Pete

    Willy Vlautin

    Left homeless by the death of his father, fifteen-year-old Charley Thompson sets off with a racehorse, Lean on Pete, on a perilous treck from Portland, Oregon to Wyoming to find…

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    Don’t Skip Out on Me

    Willy Vlautin

    Determined to prove his worth, a half-Paiute, half-Irish ranch hand who was abandoned by his parents leaves his aging guardians to become a champion boxer before matches organized in Mexico…

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    Don’t Skip Out on Me

    Willy Vlautin

    Determined to prove his worth, a half-Paiute, half-Irish ranch hand who was abandoned by his parents leaves his aging guardians to become a champion boxer before matches organized in Mexico…

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    The Motel Life

    Willy Vlautin

    The hugely moving novel from Willy Vlautin, reissued with a new cover.

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    The Motel Life

    Willy Vlautin

    The hugely moving novel from Willy Vlautin, reissued with a new cover.

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    The Night Always Comes

    Willy Vlautin

    Set over two days and two nights, the story of one woman’s resilience in the face of opportunism, greed and ever-narrowing choices.

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    Lean on Pete

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    Film tie-in edition of Willy Vlautin’s unforgettable story of a friendship and hope in dark times.

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    The Motel Life

    Willy Vlautin

    In this powerful debut novel, brothers Frank and Jerry Lee are on the run after a hit-and-run accident. Interweaving past and present, Vlautin unfolds the story of their unhappy lives–lives…

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    Don’t Skip Out on Me

    Willy Vlautin

    Determined to prove his worth, a half-Paiute, half-Irish ranch hand who was abandoned by his parents leaves his aging guardians to become a champion boxer before matches organized in Mexico…

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    The Night Always Comes

    Willy Vlautin

    Set over two days and nights, The Night Always Comes holds up a mirror to a society which leaves too many people only a step away from ruin.

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    Lean on Pete

    Willy Vlautin

    Left homeless by the death of his father, fifteen-year-old Charley Thompson sets off with a racehorse, Lean on Pete, on a perilous treck from Portland, Oregon to Wyoming to find…

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    Northline

    Willy Vlautin

    Fleeing Las Vegas and her abusive boyfriend, Allison Johnson moves to Reno, but finds herself haunted by the mistakes of her past, and lacking any self-belief. Her only comfort seems…

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    The Motel Life

    Willy Vlautin

    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…

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    Northline

    Willy Vlautin

    Full of memorable characters and imbued with a beautiful sense of yearning, Northline is the latest novel from Vlautin, whose work has been lauded by the New York Times Book…

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    Under the Western Sky: Essays on the Fiction and Music of Willy Vlautin

    Featuring an interview with Willy Vlautin himself, this edited collection aims to develop the first serious, critical consideration of his important novels and songs by exploring relations between region, music…

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    The Night Always Comes

    Willy Vlautin

    Barely thirty, Lynette is exhausted juggling multiple jobs but still wants to provide a stable home for her family. As her desperation builds, Lynette makes a dangerous choice that sets…

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    The Night Always Comes

    Willy Vlautin

    Barely thirty, Lynette is exhausted juggling multiple jobs but still wants to provide a stable home for her family. As her desperation builds, Lynette makes a dangerous choice that sets…

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    Northline

    Willy Vlautin

    From the author of The Motel Life comes another hugely moving slice of Americana.

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    Northline

    Willy Vlautin

    From the author of The Motel Life comes another hugely moving slice of Americana.

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    Short Dog: Cab Driver Stories from the L.A. Streets

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    Soaked in booze and sadness, psychotic eruptions and hilarity. -Willy Vlautin

    In the freewheeling, debaucherous tradition of Charles Bukowski, a taxi driver’s stories from the streets of lowlife Los Angeles-with…

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    This Side of the Divide: New Lore of the American West

    Willy Vlautin,Kate Bernheimer,Ken Liu,Tessa Fontaine

    This Side of the Divide: New Lore of the American West is the second entry in the Divide anthology series attempting to capture the newness, vastness, territoriality, and sense of…

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