Name: Don't Skip Out on Me - A Novel
Brand: Willy Vlautin

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9780062684455

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Hardback

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Hardcover.

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Release date

2018-02-13

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Harpe­r Col­lins

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Sales:8.875

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Artist

Willy Vlautin

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Writing

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Harper Perennial

Willy Vlautin is an American author, singer, and songwriter. Born in 1967 in Reno, Nevada, USA, he has made a significant impact on the music industry with his unique blend of storytelling and heartfelt lyrics.
With a style that draws inspiration from artists such as Richmond Fontaine, The Delines, and Green On Red, Vlautin's music resonates with fans who appreciate honest and introspective songwriting. His soulful melodies and evocative storytelling have earned him a dedicated following.
In addition to his musical talents, Vlautin is also an accomplished author. His literary works explore themes of love, loss, and the struggles of everyday life. Through both his writing and music, he has established himself as a powerful voice in contemporary American artistry.

Book of the Month - Willy Vlautin's latest novel Don't Skip Out on Me on finding one's place in the world.

Willy Vlautin, formerly the lead singer, guitarist and songwriter of Portland, Oregon rock band Richmond Fontaine (1994-2016) and currently of The Delines, has also had a successful career as a novelist. His new book is his fifth novel and we're happy to name it our Book Of The Month for February. 

Horace Hopper has spent most of his life on a Nevada sheep ranch, but dreams of something bigger. Mr. and Mrs. Reese, the aging ranchers, took him in and treated him like a son, intending to leave the ranch in his hands. But Horace, ashamed not only of his half-Paiute, half-Irish heritage, but also of the fact his parents did not want him, feels as if he doesn’t belong on the ranch, or anywhere. Knowing he needs to make a name for himself, he decides to leave the only loving home he’s known to prove his worth as a championship boxer. Mr. Reese is holding on to a way of life that is no longer sustainable. He’s a seventy-two-year-old rancher with a bad back. He’s not sure how he’ll keep things going without Horace but he knows the boy must find his own way.

To become a champion Horace must change not just the way he eats, trains, and thinks, but who he is. Reinventing himself as Hector Hildago, a scrappy Mexican boxer, he heads to Tucson and begins training and entering fights. His journey brings him to boxing rings across the Southwest and Mexico and finally, to the streets of Las Vegas, where Horace learns he can’t change who he is or outrun his destiny. A beautiful, wrenching portrait of a downtrodden man, Don’t Skip Out on Me narrates the struggle to find one's place in a vast and lonely world with profound tenderness, and will make you consider those around you—and yourself—differently.

Don't Skip Out on Me - A Novel

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