Cities of Men: A Novel

Cities of Men: A Novel

by William Jensen
Cities of Men: A Novel

Cities of Men: A Novel

by William Jensen

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Overview

In 1987, twelve-year-old Cooper Balsam's mother, Arden, disappears without a trace. Cooper's father, Percy, a Vietnam veteran struggling with PTSD, doesn't seem too concerned. "This isn't the first time. She's done it before." As days pass, Cooper begins to act out and withdraw from the world, and his growing animosity toward his father's ambivalence begins to escalate even as Percy and Cooper begin to actively search for the woman in their lives. From the hills of Southern California, to the deserts of Arizona, and down to the beaches of Mexico, the father and son will look for someone who may not want to be found for reasons they don't yet understand.



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ISBN-13: 9781683366669
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
Publication date: 05/23/2017
Pages: 240
Sales rank: 1,202,015
Product dimensions: 5.40(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Nominated for two Pushcart Prizes, William Jensen is the editor of Southwestern American Literature and Texas Books in Review. His short fiction has appeared in journals such as The New Plains Review, The Texas Review, Stoneboat, and various other journals. Mr. Jensen, who grew up in southern California and central Arizona, lives in the Texas hill country and teaches English and Southwestern studies at Texas State University, from which he obtained his MFA degree. While obtaining his MFA he studied under Robert Stone and Tim O'Brien.

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