At a thirty-year reunion, a group of old friends tell the story of their lives and the story of a generation in this brilliant new novel from one of Americas most celebrated writers.
What happened to all those hopes and ideals? After thirty years, a group of friends are reunited in their old college gymnasium for a weekend of dancing and drinking, reminiscence and revelation. A mop manufacturer and a bigamist, a war veteran and a trophy wife, a glamour model and a defrocked priest each character has an extraordinary tale to tell in the compelling new novel from former National Book Award-winner Tim OBrien.
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A great book from one of Americas greatest writers. July, July is beautifully written, very moving and very, very funny. It is also packed with some of the best characters Ive read in a long time. Roddy Doyle
The Class of 69 revisit their pasts and contemplate the thwarted dreams of the Sixties generation. Savage and funny. Sunday Express
A feast the rare kind that leaves you satisfied rather than stuffed. A book whose main delight is one of constant surprise in word and deed. Playful and profoundnightmarishly funny. Glasgow Herald
OBriens characters are instantly recognisable. Psychologically acutehe writes piercingly about relationships, particularly the ones that dont work. Irish Times
A great novel. So much human truth in so few wordsthe very definition of fine writing. Esquire
A book for all seasons. Funny and poignant, it looks into the nature of our dreams and how fulfilment eludes us. Edna OBrien
Tim OBrien was born in Minnesota, and graduated from Macalester College in St Paul. He served as an infantryman in Vietnam and after graduate studies at Harvard worked as a national affairs reporter for the Washington Post. He first came to prominence in 1973 with If I Die in a Combat Zone, the compelling, fictionalised account of his time in Vietnam. His highly acclaimed novels include Going After Cacciato, winner of the 1979 National Book Award in Fiction, The Things They Carried, In the Lake of the Woods and Tomcat in Love.
Tim O'Brien ranks among the best. JOSEPH HELLER
