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Here They Come

by Yannick Murphy · 2006

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Here They Comeis the lyrical, startling and poignant third novel from Yannick Murphy, a National Endowment for the Arts award winner and one of the freshest voices in American fiction today. Splitting time between a ramshackle apartment and a lonely hot dog vendor, the observant thirteen-year-old who stands steadily at the center of Here They Comegives lyrical voice to an unforgettable instant —1970s New York, stifling, violent and full of life. Balanced between her enigmatic siblings, detached parents, and a quiet sense of the surreal, she recounts a year of startling moments with dark humor and deadpan resilience.

Setting
2000s2000sMore like thisLess of thisNew YorkNew YorkMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 256 pages

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