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Described as "one of the best coming-of-age novels of the twentieth century," Theodore Weesner's modern American classic is now on audio!
It's 1959. Sixteen-year-old Alex Housman has just stolen his 14th car and frankly doesn't know why. His divorced, working-class father grinds out the night shift at the local Chevy plant in Detroit and looks forward to the flask in his glove compartment and the open bottles of booze in his Flint, Michigan, home. Broke and fighting to survive, Alex and his father face the realities of estrangement, incarceration, and even violence as their lives unfold toward the climactic episode that a New York Times reviewer called "one of the most profoundly powerful in American fiction."
In this rich, beautifully crafted story, Weesner has written a transcendent piece of literature in deceptively simple language, painting a powerful portrait of a father and a son otherwise invisible among the mundane, everyday details of life in blue-collar America. It is a true and enduring American classic.
- Sales Rank: #151328 in Audible
- Published on: 2013-08-15
- Released on: 2013-08-15
- Format: Unabridged
- Original language: English
- Running time: 753 minutes
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful.
This is a truly great novel!
By Teresa Lott
I read this novel in my high school lit. class and liked it, but it wasn't until I read it again just recently that I really came to appreciate this excellent piece of fiction. It is moving, and heartbreaking, and I couldn't put it down. I also feel a kind of connection to this book because it is set in my home town of Flint Michigan. If you like stories about teengae angst, and the classic anti-hero then this is the book for you.
I do however, have to disagree with another reviewer who said the appeal of this book is limited to men only. It appealed to me, and I felt a real empathy for the main character. Trust me, there are plenty of girls who go through these kinds of situations, and feelings.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful.
A Remarkable Novel
By A Customer
The only thing preventing me from rating "The Car Thief" with five stars is its limited appeal. In my opinion, this book should appeal to all men who have passed through (or are passing through) adolesence.
At first I felt the novel to be slow, and quite boring, but I realized that the more I read it seemed the author was doing something abstract to me, as the reader. The structure and pacing of the novel completely pulls you into a world of frustration and depression. More than most characters in literature, I found myself deeply identifying with the novel's main character, Alex Housman. His struggles depict the aimless melancholony one feels as a teenager. Having gone through the transition from child to adult, I found myself fully understanding (if not always agreeing with) Alex's actions.
Theodore Weesner should be commended for his portrayal of the father/son relationship, between Alex and his father, which is really the heart of the novel. Through deceptively simple actions and dialogue, Weesner brings to life a terribly complex relationship that, in the hands of another author, might be difficult to understand.
One reviewer said it best that the true meaning of this novel seeps up between the words. Weesner has placed something special into his work that is impossible to pinpoint, but communicates perfectly the intention of this story.
An excellent novel that might not speak to everyone, "The Car Thief" certainly has a lot to say to those willing to listen.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.
It Would Be a Crime Not to Read
By Amazon Customer
Book Title: The Car Thief
Author: Theodore Weesner
Publisher: Astor + Blue Editions
IBSN: 9781938231001
Reviewed by Michele Tater for The Coach Tater Review
"Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself."
~Leo Tolstoy
Alex Housman is a broken boy from a broken family. Nothing really shocking or unusual that he gets in trouble with the law for stealing cars, which he has no reasoning for doing other than he can. His home life consists of living in a small apartment with a father who is larger than life especially when he is hitting the bottle, although he doesn't physically hurt his son, is he hurting him in other ways? Alex's mom is not in the picture at all for she has started another life with another man and has taken his brother Howard with her. To say this young man's life has its ups and downs would be an understatement, but aren't most teenagers lives this way. It is all on how they handle these situations that will decide what kind of adults they become. This is story on how one such teenager makes his choices that will change his life either for the better or for the worst...you will just have to read the book and find out which.
I am not one to compare books with other books like some feel they need to. I prefer to let the book speak for itself on how the author wished it is to be translated. I also would not say this book is a "coming of age" read; labels like this don't give the book justice.
Although it is set in year where I wasn't even born yet, the childhood problems presented are the same as today. The overwhelming pressure for a young person to do something extraordinary with their lives when life has dealt them a not so great home life is a common theme in any year. Even though I am a female, I still felt that I could relate to the main character, even if it was partially from a mother's point-of-view. I felt pity and sympathy for him, wanting to grab him sometimes and ask him, "what the hell are you thinking?" as if he was one of my own sons. Maybe it could be a good book to show parents how their actions really do effect their children and what not to do. How being an alcoholic, even a non-violent one, can push a child to grow-up before they are ready and cause them to make wrong, sometimes, very wrong choices. Also how being an absentee parent may really make the child confused and feel unloved. {Coming off the soap box}. Okay back to how I feel about the book; I highly recommend it as a book that should be read as it is and not to be compared to any other book. I can see it being a great read for required reading in high school, especially as a teaching tool. Young and old alike, in my opinion, will find it a good read. Just let the book take on the life it was meant to.
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