Downtown Owl: A Novel

New York Times bestselling author of The Nineties and "one of America's top cultural critics" (Entertainment Weekly) Chuck Klosterman's debut novel brilliantly captures the charm and dread of small-town life--soon to be a major motion picture starring Ed Harris, Vanessa Hudgens, and Henry Golding!

Somewhere in rural North Dakota, there is a ficti...show more

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304 pages

Average rating: 7.5

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jgregg42
Mar 08, 2024
6/10 stars
"Drugs may lead to nowhere, but at least it's the scenic route."

That is the quote by Steven Wright that I kept thinking of during this entire book. I loved Klosterman's voice and how the description of the characters flowed. I loved the the dialog between the characters. But we went nowhere during the entire story.

I grew up in a small town in Iowa and can relate to a lot of what Klosterman writes about. The characters all made sense to me...read more

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