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Eric Barnes

Something Pretty, Something Beautiful Paperback – 1 June 2013

by Eric Barnes (Author)

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In Tacoma, a circle of friends finds their leader in Will Wilson. Together, they drink, they get high, they take girls to the woods-but Will Wilson keeps pushing toward darker extremes. As the descent gets steeper, there is a way out: another friend's fishing boat off the coast of Alaska. There is life after Tacoma. But the choice has to be made, and some friendships feel more than inevitable. SOMETHING PRETTY, SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL is the new novel from Eric Barnes, author of SHIMMER.

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Publisher : Outpost19 (1 June 2013)
Language : English
Paperback : 262 pages
ISBN-10 : 1937402525
ISBN-13 : 978-1937402525
Dimensions : 12.7 x 1.51 x 20.3 cm

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"This is a world where the pull of friendship is far stronger than the pull of family, where cars are freedom, stories are everything, and home is thick with ghosts." - Emily St. John Mandel at The Millions

"Boys will be violent: Eric Barnes' new novel is a tale of rough streets" - The Shelf Life @ The Commercial Appeal, Memphis

"Something Pretty Something Beautiful delves below the surface of everyday life and into the minds and actions of teenage boys in a working class neighborhood where every family has their demons. A fascinatingly dark read, the author did a great job creating a three-dimensional world that I was transported to." - Allison @ The Book Wheel

". . .a startlingly frank story. . . and all the cringing while you're reading is offset by an ending that's sad yet hopeful. I'll be keeping an eye on Eric Barnes to see what he'll come out with next. . . drey's rating: Excellent!" - drey's library

". . . a masterfully crafted story about friendship and growing up" - Renae @ Respiring Thoughts

". . .think "Clockwork Orange" set in modern day Tacoma. . . but the eerie quietude, the smiling-ness with which the characters execute atrocity, makes "Something Pretty" a disaster tale all its own. Score: 4/5." - Conceptual Reception

About the Author

Eric Barnes is the author of the novel Shimmer (Unbridled Books), an IndieNext selection praised for its "sheen of elegance and terror." He has published short stories in numerous journals, including Prairie Schooner, The Literary Review, Best American Mystery Stories, among others. He lives in Memphis with his wife and their four children. ericbarnes.net

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Miss H Louise

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Reviewed in the United States on 19 June 2013

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If you can, take the ride. You'll see and experience raw humanity--not pretty but terribly beautiful. This is an utterly honest and harrowing portrayal of adolescent brotherhood. You'll want to put it down, but won't. It's that good.

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