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The Book of Joe

After writing a novel that lampooned nearly everyone in his hometown, Joe Goffman is forced to return to that same town to care for his father and discovers that people have not forgotten the indignities he heaped upon them.

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  • "Right after high school, Joe Goffman left sleepy Bush Falls, Connecticut and never looked back. Then he wrote a novel savaging everything in town, a novel that became a national bestseller and a huge hit movie. Fifteen years later, Joe is struggling to avoid the sophomore slump with his next novel when he gets a call: his father's had a stroke, so it's back to Bush Falls for the town's most famous pariah. His brother avoids him, his former classmates beat him up, and the members of the book club just hurl their copies of Bush Falls at his house. But with the help of some old friends, Joe discovers that coming home isn't all bad--and that maybe the best things in life are second chances."
  • "After writing a novel that lampooned nearly everyone in his hometown, Joe Goffman is forced to return to that same town to care for his father and discovers that people have not forgotten the indignities he heaped upon them."
  • "After writing a novel that lampooned nearly everyone in his hometown, Joe Goffman is forced to return to that same town to care for his father and discovers that people have not forgotten the indignities he heaped upon them."@en
  • "Joe Goffman, 34 ans, écrivain, a connu un succès fulgurant. Il vit à New York une vie tranquille, argent, jet-set et jolies femmes. Dans son livre, Joe s'est vengé des drames et des frustrations qui ont marqué sa jeunesse, ridiculisant les moeurs provinciales et ses ex-concitoyens. Après dix-sept ans d'absence, il retourne à Bush Falls au chevet de son père mourant. La ville lui est hostile..."

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  • "Belletristische Darstellung"
  • "Americké romány"
  • "Psychological fiction"
  • "Psychological fiction"@en
  • "American fiction"
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Powieść amerykańska"@pl
  • "Roman familial"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Erzählende Literatur: Gegenwartsliteratur ab 1945"

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  • "Skandalista Goffman"@pl
  • "Der Stadtfeind Nr. 1"
  • "Le livre de Joe : [roman]"
  • "Skandalista goffman {Polish Text} Jonathan Tropper"
  • "Le livre de Joe"
  • "Книга Джо : роман"
  • "The Book of Joe"@en
  • "The book of Joe a novel"
  • "Městečko Bush Falls"
  • "tHE book of Joe"
  • "The book of Joe"@en
  • "The book of Joe"
  • "Kleinstadthölle Roman"
  • "The book of Joe : a novel"
  • "Kniga Dzho : roman"
  • "Het boek van Joe"

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