A Key to Treehouse Living

Reed, Elliot

ISBN 10: 1947793047 / ISBN 13: 9781947793040

Published by Tin House Books, Portland, OR, 2018

About this Item

8vo, 226 pp. Fine copy (issued without dust jacket).

Seller Inventory # 119924

Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Key to Treehouse Living
• Publisher: Tin House Books, Portland, OR
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1947793047
• ISBN 13: 9781947793040
• Binding: hardcover
• Edition: 1st.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Seller catalogs:
  • Fiction

About this title

Synopsis

For fans of Mark Haddon, Tony Earley, and Jonathan Safran Foer, an epic tale of boyhood from an unforgettable new voice.

"Disorienting, weirdly wise, indescribably transparent, impossibly recognizable. Fun, too." ―Joy Williams

A Key to Treehouse Living is the adventure of William Tyce, a boy without parents, who grows up near a river in the rural Midwest. In a glossary-style list, he imparts his particular wisdom on subjects ranging from ASPHALT PATHS, BETTA FISH, and MULLET to MORTAL BETRAYAL, NIHILISM, and REVELATION. His improbable quest―to create a reference volume specific to his existence―takes him on a journey down the river by raft (see MYSTICAL VISION, see NAVIGATING BIG RIVERS BY NIGHT). He seeks to discover how his mother died (see ABSENCE) and find reasons for his father’s disappearance (see UNCERTAINTY, see VANITY). But as he goes about defining his changing world, all kinds of extraordinary and wonderful things happen to him.

Unlocking an earnest, clear-eyed way of thinking that might change your own, A Key to Treehouse Living is a story about keeping your own record straight and living life by a different code.

About the Author

Elliot Reed received his MFA from the University of Florida in Gainesville and is currently living in Spokane, Washington.