American Youth

After becoming involved in a fatal shooting accident in his home, a New England boy on the verge of adulthood suddenly finds himself at the center of the storm dividing his town between antagonistic older residents and the newcomers gentrifying the region, caught between himself, his family, the local police, his girlfriend, and a reactionary vigilante group in his school. A first novel. Reader's Guide included. Reprint. 30,000 first printing.