· American Rust, by Philipp Meyer. Philipp Meyer sets his debut novel, American Rust, within a landscape of retired warehouses, rattling railways, prisons and Wal-Mart. The crumbling underpinnings of American industry provide the backdrop for human catastrophe. Meyer made The New Yorker 's "20 Under 40" list on the strength of a book in which Hanna Pylväinen finds echoes of Mark . American Rust is Philipp Meyer's first novel, and his taut, direct prose strikes the perfect tone for this kaleidoscope of fractured dreams, elevating a book that otherwise might be relentlessly dour to the level of honest and unflinching storytelling/5(K). · Philipp Meyer's novel, American Rust, was an Economist Book of the Year, a Washington Post Top Ten Book of , a New York Times Notable Book, A Kansas City Star Top Book of , and an Amazon Top Book of Philipp Meyer grew up in Baltimore, dropped out of high school, and got his GED when he was sixteen/5.
No, 'American Rust' is not based on a true story. The show is based on the novel of the same name by Philipp Meyer and was subsequently created for television by Dan Futterman. Set in the fictional town of Buell, Pennsylvania, the show and the novel are based in a town that is past its industrial heyday and now, like its residents. Philipp Meyer's affecting first novel, "American Rust," takes place in a small Pennsylvania steel town named Buell, a place where the jobs have disappeared, and foreclosures and meth use are. Praise for American Rust "John Steinbeck is alive and well today and his name is Philipp Meyer" —Geordie Williamson, chief literary critic, The Australian "everything about this story seems essentially American in the tradition that stretches from Ernest Hemingway to Cormac McCarthy.
“A novel as splendidly crafted and original as any written in recent decades, American Rust is both darkly disturbing and richly compelling. Philipp Meyer’s first novel signals the arrival of a new voice in American letters.”—Patricia Cornwell, author of Scarpetta. American Rust is a novel by American writer Philipp Meyer, published in It is set in the s, in the fictional town of Buell in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, which is in a rural region referred to as "the Valley" of dilapidated steel towns. Created by Dan Futterman and based on the namesake novel by Philipp Meyer, ‘American Rust’ is set in a fictional town in the Rust Belt, where the economy is on the verge of collapse and almost all unnatural deaths happen because of a drug overdose. However, when the police officer turned drug dealer Pete Novick is killed, Police Chief Del Harris’ (Jeff Daniels) investigation leads him to Billy Poe (Alex Neustaedter).
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