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THE DROPOUT
DON'T FALL FOR PAUL. HE'LL DRIVE YOU TO THE EDGE |
| By: |
David Gee |
| Format: |
Electronic book text |
| List price:
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£1.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1780886993 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781780886992 |
| Publisher: |
TROUBADOR PUBLISHING |
| Pub. date: |
1 November, 2012 |
| Pages: |
320 |
| Description: |
The Dropout offers a sly, edgy new twist on themes from The Graduate and American Pie and is a 21st-century `coming-of-age' drama. |
| Synopsis: |
The Dropout offers a sly, edgy new twist on themes from The Graduate and American Pie and is a 21st-century `coming-of-age' drama.19-year-old Paul Barrett is having a tough time at university. His American girlfriend Meredith is a Silver Ring virgin who won't put out. Their best friend Neil has a worrying crush on Paul. When Meredith dumps Paul and Neil commits suicide, Paul drops out of uni and retreats to the south-coast hometown he calls `Boredom-on-Sea', where he goes to work for his uncle Jack, selling furniture to continental buyers. Two more women enter his life: Jenny, his uncle's foxy stepdaughter; and Christine, Jack's gold-digging mistress, the office receptionist. And Paul attracts another gay admirer. His life is heading to the brink - and taking other lives with him.Paul's is the young voice of today - always hoping to get laid, it takes him a while to realise that what he's really looking for is love. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Matador |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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