I was first attracted to american rust when i read the author phillipp meyer had been an emt like myself. I have now read two meyers american rust and the son. An extraordinary, compelling novel from a major talent george pelecanos philipp meyers american rust is written with considerable dramatic intensity and pace. That led me to meyer s first novel, american rust, which reads like a sorrowful swan song to the american rust belt. The story brings to light the consequences of the steel industrys death as the reader is drawn into the lives of several families and their struggle to love, survive, and escape. Buy a cheap copy of american rust book by philipp meyer. Author philipp meyer presents his dramatic debut novel, american rusta moving tale of friends in a fading pennsylvania steel town and the murder that forces them to question their assumptions about each other and those around them. One day this will all be yours was selected by edward p. Thats philipp with three ps, and dont you forget it. Patricia cornwell, author of scarpetta with its strong narrative engine and understated social insight, american rust is reminiscent of the best of robert stone and russell banks.
Philipp meyers affecting first novel, american rust, takes place in a small pennsylvania steel town named buell, a place where the jobs have disappeared, and foreclosures and meth use are. Praise for american rust john steinbeck is alive and well today. Meyer wonderfully makes the connection between macrolevel economic problems and intimate emotional and social ones. Meyer also created and produced the amc television show based on his novel. American rust, in spite of some interior monologue longueurs, is a terrifically impressive dissection of loyalty and honour. Buell, pennsylvania lies in ruins, a dyingif not already deadsteel town, where even the lush surrounding country. He followed that with a number of other jobs which apparently. It manages an emotional accuracy, a deep and detailed conviction in its depiction of character. Set in the 2000s, american rust takes place in the fictional town of buell in. Meyer was awarded a guggenheim fellowship, a dobie paisano fellowship, and named as one of the new yorker magazines twenty best writers under forty. Do people still think in terms of the great american novel a work of fiction. American rust has 8 available editions to buy at half price books marketplace. He grew up in hampden, a bluecollar baltimore, maryland, neighborhood often featured in the films of john waters. Pete dexter, author of paper trails philipp meyers american rust is written with considerable dramatic intensity and pace.
Philipp meyer grew up in baltimore, dropped out of high school, and got his ged when he was sixteen. Several months ago, i read philipp meyers muchacclaimed second novel, the son, and loved it. Everyday low prices on a huge range of new releases and classic fiction. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading american rust.
Usa network has given a straighttoseries order to drama american rust, based on the son author philipp meyers book of the same, from the son cocreators brian mcgreevy and lee shipman, uni. Read american rust a novel by philipp meyer available from rakuten kobo. Set in a beautiful but economically devastated pennsylvania steel town, american rust is a novel of the lost american dream and the desperationas well as the. Philipp meyer born 1974 is an american fiction writer, and is the author of the novels american rust and the son. American rust is american writer philipp meyers debut novel, published in 2009. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Already drawing comparisons to hemingway and cormac mccarthy, philipp meyer paints a dark and timely vision of smalltown life in his ambitious debut novel, american rust. Philipp meyers first novel signals the arrival of a new voice in american letters. Roger perkins finds in philipp meyers american rust a powerful.
But although the tale of isaac and billy is bleak and shocking i was riveted by their story and read the last half of the book in one sitting i just had to know what happened to them. This could have been just another novel on the decay of industrial america. I am not sure that it does either mccarthy or meyer any favours to compare them too closely. The fictional town of buell, once dependent on a steel mill that now stands like some ancient ruin, is home to retirees and the young. After all, as meyer writes, you could not have a country, not this big, that didnt make things for itself. Meyer grew up in a working class neighborhood in baltimore, the son of an artist and an electrician turned college science instructor. Buy american rust by philipp meyer from amazons fiction books store. Meyers crime novelroad novel hybrid also manages to chronicle life in a dying mill town. Usa network is not moving forward with drama american rust, based on the son author philipp meyers book of the same, deadline has confirmed. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read american rust. Philipp meyers novel, american rust, was an economist book of the year, a washington post top ten book of 2009, a new york times notable book, a kansas city star top 100 book of 2009, and an amazon top 100 book of 2009. Philipp meyers debut novel, set in buell, pennsylvania, the heart of americas withering rust belt, could easily be a regular tale of life on the. This onepage guide includes a plot summary and brief analysis of american rust by philipp meyer.
Set in the 2000s, american rust takes place in the fictional town of buell in fayette county, pennsylvania, which is in a rural region referred to as the valley of dilapidated steel towns. Philipp meyer is an american fiction writer, and is the author of the novels american rust and the son, as well as short stories published in the new yorker and other places. Philipp meyer sets his debut novel, american rust, within a landscape of retired warehouses, rattling railways, prisons and walmart. P hilipp meyers debut novel, set in buell, pennsylvania, the heart of americas withering rust belt, could easily be a regular tale of life on the other side of the tracks. Enjoy this quick read about american rust, the debut novel from nyt bestselling author, phillipp meyer. Isaac english, 20, and billy poe, 21, are best friends who live in buell, pennsylvania. It also captures a sense of a menacing society, a wider world in the throes of decay and selfdestruction. Jones for the anthology best american short stories.
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