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Tim O'Brien

July, July

A “perceptive, affectionate, and often very funny” novel about old college friends at a thirty-year reunion, by the author of The Things They Carried (Boston Herald).
From a National Book Award winner who’s been called “the best American writer of his generation” (San Francisco Examiner), July, July tells the story of ten old friends who attended Darton Hall College together back in 1969, and now reunite for a summer weekend of dancing, drinking, flirting, reminiscing—and regretting.
The three decades since graduation have brought marriage and divorce, children and careers, hopes deferred and replaced. This witty, heart-rending novel about men and women who came into adulthood at a moment when American ideals and innocence began to fade, a New York Times Notable Book, is “deeply satisfying” (O, the Oprah Magazine) and “almost impossible to put down” (Austin American-Statesman).
“A symphony of American life.” —All Things Considered, NPR
259 printed pages
Original publication
2002
Publication year
2002
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Quotes

  • Valerie Khorishkohas quoted6 years ago
    Anyway, as you all know,” David said, “I majored in Marla during my time here at Darton Hall, and then for almost ten years afterward. Mostly got D’s, I’m afraid—ended up with a big fat F—but I’ll love her forever.”
  • Valerie Khorishkohas quoted6 years ago
    There were instances of doubt and jealousy, even outright rivalry, yet both husbands were willing to adapt, willing to pay a price in return for Spook Spinelli’s divided attention. They were good men. They loved her. They were also a trifle afraid of her, and afraid for her. They recognized the fragility at the core of Spook’s personality, the tenuous grip she had on her mental health and perhaps on life itself
  • Valerie Khorishkohas quoted6 years ago
    By convention, and perhaps out of psychological need, we too often interpret the bizarre facts of our universe as mere farce, beneath belief
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