Ovenman

Ovenman A Novel - A Tin House New Voice

1st US Edition

Paperback (28 Aug 2007)

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Publisher's Synopsis

Skateboarder, punk rocker, kitchen slave, and general ne'er-do-well with a slightly tarnished heart of gold, When Thinfinger tries mightily to survive a seemingly endless round of troubles in small-town Florida. After getting fired from his job at the Barbie-Q, he lands a gig at the hippest pizza joint in town, where he soon becomes the leader of a disheveled crew. He's the singer for a mediocre rock band, but his bandmates only let him sing their name, Wormdevil, to all the songs. His girlfriend dreams that he murders her and decorates their apartment with the skulls of small animals. And his best friend enlists him in his plan to land his photo inThrasherby skating a bowl of poisonous snakes. Navigating a life littered with freaks and miscreants, When crosses a line, and things suddenly become hotter than his pizza oven. Jeff Parker's laugh-out-loud funny first novel follows a contemporary Everyguy through the strange twists of a woefully complicated life.

Book information

ISBN: 9780977698929
Publisher: Tin House Books
Imprint: Tin House
Pub date:
Edition: 1st US Edition
DEWEY: 813.6
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 242
Weight: 268g
Height: 185mm
Width: 148mm
Spine width: 19mm