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Whompyjawed
Reader Score
71%
71% of readers
recommend this book
Whompyjawed: 1.Askew, out of place 2.Off-center or crooked 3. (informal) a person of eccentric or questionable character; odd....................
Football is Willy Keeler's ticket out of West Texas, but only if he can keep the explosive combination of his intellect and hormones from destroying his high-school career. Not an easy task as he also contends with the endless demands of his girlfriend, mother, coach, and college recruiters. When a startling sexual encounter with a classmate and a consuming infatuation with one of his mother's friends threaten to shatter his fragile balance, Willy discovers that simply figuring out who he is may be the greatest challenge of all.
Reminiscent of The Catcher in the Rye and The Last Picture Show, Mitch Cullin's Whompyjawed is an unforgettable coming-of-age story, told with unparalleled humor and compassion.
Football is Willy Keeler's ticket out of West Texas, but only if he can keep the explosive combination of his intellect and hormones from destroying his high-school career. Not an easy task as he also contends with the endless demands of his girlfriend, mother, coach, and college recruiters. When a startling sexual encounter with a classmate and a consuming infatuation with one of his mother's friends threaten to shatter his fragile balance, Willy discovers that simply figuring out who he is may be the greatest challenge of all.
Reminiscent of The Catcher in the Rye and The Last Picture Show, Mitch Cullin's Whompyjawed is an unforgettable coming-of-age story, told with unparalleled humor and compassion.
Book Details
- Publisher: Scribner Book Company
- Publish Date: Apr 10th, 2001
- Pages: 208
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 8.03in - 5.25in - 0.45in - 0.49lb
- EAN: 9780743202084
- Categories: • Literary• Coming of Age
About the Author
Mitch Cullin's fiction has been published in Christopher
Street and other magazines. His work has been widely anthologized and he has won various awards for his writing. He lives in Tucson, Arizona.
Street and other magazines. His work has been widely anthologized and he has won various awards for his writing. He lives in Tucson, Arizona.
More books by Mitch Cullin
What people are saying
Praise for this book
Gail Cooke Milwaukee Journal Sentinel A delight, superbly crafted, rich with humor and hope.
Horton Foote author of Farewell: A Memoir of a Texas Childhood Mitch Cullin has created with much skill the loneliness and emptiness of a small West Texas town, with a vivid sense of a place and time that stays with you long after you finish reading his novel.
Clay Smith The Austin Chronicle Whompyjawed is the uproarious, barbed...sensitive...account of the early life of Willy Keeler, football star....Willy's voice is unique.
Mary Gaitskill author of Bad Behavior Funny, subtle, and true. A wonderful first novel.