"LowBoy" by John Wray is about William Heller, a schizophrenic teenage boy who flees a mental hospital into the New York City subway system. It's also about the detective who pursues Will, his elegant European mother, and his tragic girl love/5(75). Lowboy, John Wray’s third novel, is, as some have described it, a tweaked bildungsroman, but it is also an apocalyptic tale positioned along the narrow seam between illness and health. Will believes a tale heard in childhood: that a mythological metropolis lies below Manhattan, mirroring the one above. Lowboy, John Wray’s third novel, tells the story of Will’s fantastic and terrifying odyssey through the city’s tunnels, back alleys, and streets in search of Emily Wallace, his one great hope, and of Violet Heller’s desperate attempts to locate her son before psychosis claims him completely.
Lowboy, the nickname of the novel's main character, owing to his proclivity for riding the New York subway "low" underground, is on a mission. The opening pages establish the timeframe for this mission: it must be accomplished in a single day. Thus Wray meets one of Aristotle's requisites for good storytelling--the unity of time. Find many great new used options and get the best deals for Lowboy by John Wray (, Hardcover) at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products! Read reviews and buy Lowboy - by John Wray (Paperback) at Target. Choose from Same Day Delivery, Drive Up or Order Pickup. Free standard shipping with $35 orders. Expect More. Pay Less.
Lowboy, John Wray’s third novel, is, as some have described it, a tweaked bildungsroman, but it is also an apocalyptic tale positioned along the narrow seam between illness and health. Will believes a tale heard in childhood: that a mythological metropolis lies below Manhattan, mirroring the one above. John Wray's dizzyingly seductive "Lowboy" is a tale told by a schizophrenic teenager. (Farrar Straus Giroux, $25). Wray's protagonist is on the lam from a mental institution, loose among the commuters and winos and rolling thunder of the Manhattan subway. Will is on a mission to save the world from global warming--to do it, though, he'll need to cool down his own body first. And for that he'll need one willing girl. Lowboy tells the story of Will's odyssey through the city's tunnels, back alleys, and streets in search of Emily Wallace, his one great hope. It also follows his Read More.
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