Northline

Willy Vlautin

• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Year: 2009
• eBook ISBN: 9780571250134
• Topic: Literature
• Subtopic: Literature General
• Index: Literature

'Vlautin is nothing less than the Dylan of the dislocated.' Independent on Sunday

At twenty-two, Allison Johnson is a lost young woman in need of a new start. Down among the lowlifes in Las Vegas, clinging to drink and to Jimmy, the abusive boyfriend whose child she is expecting, she has hit rock bottom. So when the opportunity arises to escape, Allison knows she must take it. She reaches Reno with just a few dollars and her ever-present best friend - Paul Newman. And as she struggles to start a better life it is imaginary conversations with the movie star's greatest characters and real acts of kindness from people she barely knows that might just rescue her from the difficult world she has found herself in.

'Vlautin has written the American novel I've been hoping to find.' George Pelecanos

'A compassionate look at everyday, ordinary people struggling to make a new life for themselves in America.' Herald

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Dedication
• Contents
• Circus Circus
• The Basement
• The Verdict
• Safeway
• Paul Newman
• The Barbecue
• Flying J
• Johnny Cash
• Sitting Bull
• T. J. Watson
• Flying J Flying J
• Sunday
• The Eldorado
• The Lamplighter
• Leaving
• Oxbow Motel
• Three Months
• Emerald Arms
• The Busboys At The Horseshoe Casino
• Crossing The Bridge
• Cal Neva
• The Letter From Las Vegas
• Doc Holiday's
• The Bottom
• Penny Pearson
• The Track
• Her Sister
• The Little Nugget
• Saturday
• Dan Mahony
• Waiting Outside On A Bench
• Baskin Robbins
• The Last Drunk
• The Lunch Counter
• The Girl In The Checkout Line
• Dessert
• The Nightmares
• Vern's Tattoo Parlor
• Bingo
• The House
• Phases And Stages
• The Second Letter
• A Late Night Conversation
• Camping
• The Strip
• About the Author
• By the Same Author
• Copyright