Willy Vlautin: LEAN ON PETE W3 [2011] paperback CCON "Delicious fun" Observer

"Delicious fun" Observer

You will meet a husband who values a televised Hibs v Hearts game more than his wife's life and see two guys fighting over a beautiful girl agree - after a few pills and pints of lager - that their friendship is actually more important

plot twists and turns

and winning characters

In this compelling new thriller

Willy Vlautin: LEAN ON PETE W3 [2011] paperback CCON "Delicious fun" ObserverFifteen year old Charley Thompson wants a home; food on the table; a high school he can attend for more than part of a year; and some structure to his life. But as the son of a single father working at warehouses across the Pacific Northwest, he's been pretty much on his own for some time. Lean on Pete opens as he and his father arrive in Portland, Oregon and Charley takes a stables job, illegally, at the local race track. Once part of a vibrant