An edition of The Tetherballs of Bougainville (1997)

The Tetherballs of Bougainville

A Novel

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An edition of The Tetherballs of Bougainville (1997)

The Tetherballs of Bougainville

A Novel

1 Vintage edition
  • 3.00 ·
  • 2 Ratings
  • 1 Want to read
  • 0 Currently reading
  • 2 Have read

In this heartwrenching day-in-the-life memoir, a 13-year-old boy named Mark Leyner goes to prison to watch his father, Joel, be executed by lethal injection. Meanwhile, inconveniently due the very next day, is a screenplay Mark was supposed to have written and submitted in competition for the Vincent and Lenore DiGiacomo / Oshimitsu Polymers America Award, which is given every year for the best screenplay written by a student at Maplewood Junior High School.

Written as autobiography, screenplay, and movie review, The Tetherballs of Bougainville twists three familiar narrative forms into an outlandishly compelling story. Leyner's use of these media-driven formats brilliantly reflects our secret, shameful, and hilarious desire to experience our private lives as mass entertainment. This wicked comedy skewers and celebrates American pop culture in the late twentieth century. Leyner's version of our lives is so deeply funny because it is so painfully true.

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Publisher
Vintage
Language
English
Pages
240

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Cover of: The Tetherballs of Bougainville
The Tetherballs of Bougainville: A Novel
September 1, 1998, Vintage
Paperback in English - 1 Vintage edition
Cover of: The tetherballs of Bougainville
The tetherballs of Bougainville: a novel
1997, Harmony Books
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Format
Paperback
Number of pages
240
Dimensions
7.9 x 5.1 x 0.4 inches
Weight
9.4 ounces

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Open Library
OL7700786M
ISBN 10
067976349X
ISBN 13
9780679763499
OCLC/WorldCat
40252926
Library Thing
71378
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131527

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