Home Land

Home LandWhat if somebody finally wrote to his high school alumni bulletin and told the truth Here is an update from hell, a brilliant work from novelist Sam Lipsyte, whom Jeffrey Eugenides calls "original, devious, and very funny" and of whose first novel Chuck Palahniuk wrote, "I laughed out loud and I never laugh out loud." The Eastern Valley High School Alumni newsletter, Catamount Notes, is bursting with tales of success: former students include a

What if somebody finally wrote to his high school alumni bulletin and told...the truth Here is an update from hell, a brilliant work from novelist Sam Lipsyte, whom Jeffrey Eugenides calls "original, devious, and very funny" and of whose first novel Chuck Palahniuk wrote, "I laughed out loud---and I never laugh out loud."

The Eastern Valley High School Alumni newsletter, Catamount Notes, is bursting with tales of success: former students include a bankable politician and a famous baseball star, not to mention a major-label recording artist. Then there is the appalling, yet utterly lovable, Lewis Miner, class of '89---a.k.a Teabag---who did not pan out. Home Land is his confession in all its bitter, lovelorn glory.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Picador USA
Published: 01/01/2005
ISBN: 9780312424183
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.50w x 0.70d

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 11/15/2004 pg. 1070
Publishers Weekly 11/22/2004 pg. 37
Vanity Fair 01/01/2005 pg. 38
Booklist 12/15/2004 pg. 708
Entertainment Weekly 12/24/2004 pg. 75
Newsweek 11/10/2005 pg. 54
New Yorker (The) 01/17/2005 pg. 91
Library Journal 01/15/2005 pg. 98
New York Times 01/30/2005 pg. 19
Library Journal 01/01/2005