A Map of Tulsa

By Benjamin Lytal

"If Catcher in the Rye has lost its raw clout for recent generations of Internet-suckled American youth, here is a coming-of-age novel to replace it." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) The first days of summer: Jim Praley is home from college, ready to unlock Tulsa's secrets. He drives the highways. He forces himself to get out of his car and walk into a bar. He's invited to a party. And there he meets Adrienne Booker; Adrienne rules Tulsa, in her way. A high-school dropout with a penthouse apartment, she takes a curious interest in Jim. Through her eyes, he will rediscover his hometown: its wasted sprawl, the beauty of its late nights, and, at the city's center, the unsleeping light of its skyscrapers. In the tradition of Michael Chabon's The Mysteries of Pittsburgh , A Map of Tulsa is elegiac, graceful, and as much a story about young love as it is a love letter to a classic American city.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0142422592
• ISBN13: 9780142422595
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.0" x 7.6"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher