×
Uh-oh, it looks like your Internet Explorer is out of date.
For a better shopping experience, please upgrade now.
Overview
Heralded by Publisher's Weekly as ""a writer to watch"" with a ""magnificent sense of character and ear for dialogue"", Todd London returns with If You See Him, Let Me Know, a stunning novel set at the crossroads of two generations--one marked by what it witnessed, the other by what it missed. It's August 1974, the eve of Nixon's resignation. Jerry Rosen is facing prison for a messy, white-collar crime. Before sentencing, he has to tell his son Philip, a teenager at a theatre camp in the Midwest. To the suburban kids at Friedkin camp, history is a game of dress-up. Tragic world events get retold as stage musicals--World War II as South Pacific, the Holocaust as Fiddler on the Roof. Anne Frank is a role to play--Philip's friend Kathy Klein plays it to the hilt. For Jerry, who served as an army medic in Germany, and for the camp's compassionate matriarch Lila Sahlins, the past can't be sung away. Jerry's confession unearths secrets that will change the course of Philip's life and trigger a pair of haunting disappearances. ""This is a killer coming-of-age story: gripping and compassionate. I haven't stopped thinking about it."" - Lisa Kron, Fun Home, the musical ""...An engrossing journey, culminating in a denouement that is surprising, gratifying, and eminently moving."" - Kia Corthron, The Castle Cross the Magnet Carter ""Todd London is a master conjurer of the lost--of lost youth, lost promise, lost Chicago, lost America."" - Adam Langer, Crossing California ""A novel that harrows the heart."" - Octavio Solis, Retablos
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781528950671 |
---|---|
Publisher: | Austin Macauley Publishers Ltd. |
Publication date: | 02/28/2020 |
Pages: | 192 |
Sales rank: | 693,839 |
Product dimensions: | 6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.41(d) |
About the Author
Todd London's first novel, The World's Room, received a Milestone Award for fiction. It was hailed by novelist Lorrie Moore as "a stunning first book...written as if by a spellbinding and spellbound angel". His books include: An Ideal Theater; The Importance of Staying Earnest; 15 Actors, 20 Years; and This Is Not My Memoir (co-author Andre Gregory). The first recipient of Theatre Communications Group's Visionary Leadership Award for achievement in the theatre and winner of the George Jean Nathan Award for Dramatic Criticism, Todd holds an honorary doctorate from DePaul University. He heads the MFA Playwriting program at The New School.
Customer Reviews
Related Searches
Explore More Items
The novel 2053 is the first volume of the New Life trilogy. This book sets
the scene for science fiction sequels. 2053 is a story of human frailty, endeavour and ambition with episodes of murder, sexual indiscretion and exploitation taking ...
William Thomas Clark shares the initials with the World Trade Center for a reason: he ...
William Thomas Clark shares the initials with the World Trade Center for a reason: he
was born on September 11th, 2001, at 8:46 am, the same time the first plane hit the North Tower. Because of this, he can see ...
With much trepidation, a young recently qualified nurse leaves the security of her home to ...
With much trepidation, a young recently qualified nurse leaves the security of her home to
embark on a 6 month adventure to the other side of the world. Having never been abroad she feels nervous about flying, anxious about the ...
Percy was on his way from Philip Island near Australia to an unknown destination when ...
Percy was on his way from Philip Island near Australia to an unknown destination when
a bad storm sent the little ship onto the rocks. Percy was found on the beach and after being put into another crate, the truck ...
At the age of twenty-five, Bethany Williams finds herself the sole owner of her parents' ...
At the age of twenty-five, Bethany Williams finds herself the sole owner of her parents'
property after their tragic accident in Spain. Instilled with the Lord's calling and good will, Beth, along with her husband, decides to extend their vision ...
The year is 2061. It's been four years since the nuclear war that killed eighty ...
The year is 2061. It's been four years since the nuclear war that killed eighty
percent of the human population and caused worldwide destruction. In a concealed location in Britain, on the floor of a building, patrolled at all times ...
Dara is a story of a legendary boy, which dates back to early 1940s. He
is born in a poor family, in a remote village of Vaidan Di Kotli, situated at Indo-Pak border. His life is full of struggle and ...
AccountsCo is a chartered accountancy and chartered tax advisory practice that specialises in helping non-UK ...
AccountsCo is a chartered accountancy and chartered tax advisory practice that specialises in helping non-UK
clients set up businesses in the UK and Ireland. I've written this book to try to help my clients and other non-UK nationals understand the ...