Sold out
More about the book
Walter Van Brunt is a dreamer, and a lover of drugs, alcohol and speed. He likes nothing better than to fly along on his motorbike, invincible and immortal. But one day, dodging a mysterious shadow on the road, he crashes into a barrier and loses his right foot. Walter is a descendant of Dutch yeomen and since the day of the accident he has been haunted by their ghosts. When he receives a new plastic foot he is determined to find his father who deserted his family years ago, and to uncover the secrets of his ancestors.
Book purchase
World's End, T. C. Boyle
- Language
- Released
- 2004
- product-detail.submit-box.info.binding
- (Paperback)
Payment methods
We’re missing your review here.
- Title
- World's End
- Language
- English
- Authors
- T. C. Boyle
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Released
- 2004
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 480
- ISBN10
- 0747572798
- ISBN13
- 9780747572794
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Historical Fiction, Family, Contemporary Fiction, USA, American Literature, New York, America, Fate, Native Americans, Betrayal, Accident, Scandals and Affairs, Development, Responsibility
- Original title
- World's end
- Rating
- 4.05 out of 5
- Description
- Walter Van Brunt is a dreamer, and a lover of drugs, alcohol and speed. He likes nothing better than to fly along on his motorbike, invincible and immortal. But one day, dodging a mysterious shadow on the road, he crashes into a barrier and loses his right foot. Walter is a descendant of Dutch yeomen and since the day of the accident he has been haunted by their ghosts. When he receives a new plastic foot he is determined to find his father who deserted his family years ago, and to uncover the secrets of his ancestors.