A Map of Tulsa (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780142422595)

"If Catcher in the Rye has lost its raw clout for recent generations of Internet-suckled American youth, here is a coming-of-age novel to replace it." --Publishers Weekly (starred review)

The first days of summer: Jim Praley is home from college, ready to unlock Tulsa's secrets. He drives the highways. He forces himself to get out of his car and walk into a bar. He's invited to a party. And there he meets Adrienne Booker; Adrienne rules Tulsa, in her way. A high-school dropout with a penthouse apartment, she takes a curious interest in Jim. Through her eyes, he will rediscover his hometown: its wasted sprawl, the beauty of its late nights, and, at the city's center, the unsleeping light of its skyscrapers.

In the tradition of Michael Chabon's The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, A Map of Tulsa is elegiac, graceful, and as much a story about young love as it is a love letter to a classic American city.

Author: Benjamin Lytal
ISBN-10: 0142422592
ISBN-13: 9780142422595
Publisher: Penguin Books
Language: English
Published: 03/26/2013
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 7.60h x 5.00w x 0.90d
Award: Oklahoma Book Award - Finalist

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 02/01/2013
Publishers Weekly 02/18/2013
Booklist 03/15/2013 pg. 47
Men's Journal 05/01/2013 pg. 52
New Yorker (The) 04/15/2013 pg. 77
New York Times Book Review 04/21/2013 pg. 10
New York Times Book Review 04/28/2013 pg. 26
Booklist Ed Choice Adu Bk YA's 01/01/2014 pg. 12