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010 $a2014015427
020 $a9780374292089 (hbk.)
020 $a0374292086 (hbk.)
020 $a9781250074713 (pbk.) :$cUSD16.00$
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050 00$aPS3604.A748$bW65 2015
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100 1 $aDarnielle, John.
245 10$aWolf in white van /$cJohn Darnielle.
250 $a1st Picador ed.
260 $aNew York :$bPicador/Farrar, Straus and Giroux,$c2015, c2014.
300 $a207 p. ;$c21 cm.
520 $a"A novel about an interactive game designer with no face by the singer-songwriter behind the Mountain Goats and the author of Black Sabbath's Master of Reality (33-1/3)"--$cProvided by publisher.
520 $aIsolated by a disfiguring injury, Sean Phillips crafts imaginary worlds for strangers to play in. From his small apartment in southern California, he orchestrates fantastic adventures where possibilities, both dark and bright, open in the boundaries between the real and the imagined. As the creator of Trace Italian-- a text-based, role-playing game played through the mail-- Sean guides players from around the world. Lance and Carrie are high school students from Florida, explorers of the Trace. But when they take their play into the real world, disaster strikes, and Sean is called to account for it.
586 $aALA Alex Awards Winner (Adult for Young Adults), 2015.
586 $aHudson Booksellers Best of the Year, 2014.
586 $aNational Book Awards - Longlist, 2014.
586 $aBoston Globe Best Books of the Year, 2014.
586 $aBuzzfeed Best Books of the Year, 2014.
586 $aNPR Best Book of the Year, 2014.
586 $aKirkus Reviews Best Books of the Year, 2014.
650 0$aDisfigured persons$vFiction.
650 0$aRole playing$vFiction.
650 0$aAlienation (Social psychology)$vFiction.
655 0$aPsychological fiction.