About the Book

A life story told in discrete, arresting snapshots of despair, resilience, creativity, and hope, Joe Andoe's literary portrait of his time to date on earth is as powerful as a heavyweight's hook and as spellbinding as a major crack-up on the opposite side of the highway. It is a testament to a young man's fortitude and genius and luck that enabled him to survive a life lived wildly out of control; a rocket ride from the sordid depths of self-destruction to the glorious pinnacles of . . . Jubilee City.

Critical Praise

“Charming . . . [Andoe’s] wide-eyed sense of wonder and keen observations make the everyday strange and fresh.” — Publishers Weekly

“A raw, laconic kind of confession . . . filled with the kind of sentences that demand a reader’s attention.” — USA Today

“Joe Andoe talks the way he paints in simple, direct phrases. He’s no horseman. He’s always preferred fast cars and motorcycles.” — NPR's All Things Considered

“[A] life straight out of Chuck Palahniuk’s twisted imagination. — International Herald Tribune

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Resources

• Sample Embed

Product Details

• ISBN: 9780061240324
• ISBN 10: 006124032X
• Imprint: Harper Perennial
• On Sale: 07/29/2008
• Pages: 240
• List Price:17.50 CAD
• BISAC1 : BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs
• BISAC2 : BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical
• BISAC3 : BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Artists, Architects, Photographers

Other Works by Joe Andoe

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  Jubilee City

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