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The son soon to be a tv series on amc starring pierce brosnan and cowritten by philipp meyer. Based on the pulitzer prizenominated novel by philipp meyer, the son is set in texas and follows the life of. After five years working as a bike mechanic and an orderly in a trauma center, he decided to attend college, getting into cornell university at the age of 22. The son is every bit as entertaining as his debut novel, american rust. The first edition of this novel was published in september 1st 2012, and was written by philipp meyer. Eli mccullough, the vicious patriarch who was the first male child. Philipp meyer born january 5, 1974 is an american fiction writer, and is the author of the novels american rust and the son, as well as short stories published in the new yorker and other places.
An epic journey spanning a century and a half in texas, america. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws. Fans of cormac mccarthy or dennis lehane will find in meyer an author worth watching. We dont have a good context for where we come from as americans the acclaimed novelist discusses the son, his latest examination of america and why learning to hunt was part. Colonel eli mccullough taken from a 1936 wpa recording it was prophesied i would live to see one hundred and having achieved that age i see no reason to doubt it.
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