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David Goodwillie

    David Goodwillie crée des récits qui plongent dans les complexités de la vie et de l'identité américaines. Sa prose se caractérise par une perspicacité aiguë et un examen sans faille de la nature humaine. L'œuvre de Goodwillie explore souvent des thèmes tels que l'ambition, la désillusion et la quête de sens dans un monde en constante évolution. Sa voix distinctive et son approche unique de la narration en font un auteur contemporain important.

    American Subversive
    Kings County
    • Kings County

      • 448pages
      • 16 heures de lecture
      3,6(695)Évaluer

      "It's the early 2000s and like generations of ambitious young people before her, Audrey Benton arrives in New York City on a bus from nowhere. Broke but resourceful, she soon finds a home for herself amid the burgeoning music scene in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. But the city's freedom comes with risks, and Audrey makes compromises to survive. As she becomes a minor celebrity in indie rock circles, she finds an unlikely match in Theo Gorski, a shy but idealistic mill-town kid who's struggling to establish himself in the still-patrician world of books. But then an old acquaintance of Audrey's disappears under mysterious circumstances, sparking a series of escalating crises that force the couple to confront a dangerous secret from her past"--

      Kings County
    • American Subversive

      • 309pages
      • 11 heures de lecture
      3,4(564)Évaluer

      In Goodwillie's thrilling debut novel, the lives of a young radical and a failed journalist intertwine in the wake of a botched terrorist bombing.

      American Subversive