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Overview: Described as “one of the best coming of age novels of the Twentieth Century,” Theodore Weesner’s modern American classic is now re-launched for a new generation of readers to discover. In “one of the great coming-of-age novels of the twentieth century,” an estranged father and son struggle to get by in 1950s Michigan (New York Times–bestselling author Jennifer Haigh). It’s 1959 in Flint, Michigan, and sixteen-year-old Alex Housman has just stolen his fourteenth car. Frankly, he doesn’t know why he does it. Meanwhile, his divorced father grinds out his night shift at the Chevy plant in nearby Detroit, looking forward to the flask of booze in his glove compartment. Father and son attempt to express their love for each other, even as Alex fills his days juggling cheap thrills and crushing depression. Compelled by reasons he can’t put into words, he cruises and steals, running from—and then forcing run-ins with—the police. Broke and fighting to survive, Alex and his father face the realities of estrangement and incarceration as their lives unfold toward a climactic episode that the New York Times considers “one of the most profoundly powerful in American fiction.” “A remarkable, gripping first novel.” —Joyce Carol Oates, New York Times–bestselling author of A Book of American Martyrs “Poignant and beautifully written . . . so true and so excruciatingly painful that one can’t read it without feeling the knife’s cruel blade in the heart.” —The Boston Globe It's 1959. Sixteen year-old Alex Housman has just stolen his fourteenth car and frankly doesn't know why. His divorced, working class, father grinds out the night shift at the local Chevy Plant in Detroit, looking forward to the flask in his glove compartment, and the open bottles of booze in his Flint, Michigan home. Abandoned and alone, father and son struggle to express a deep love for each other, even as Alex fills his day juggling cheap thrills and a crushing depression. He cruises and steals, running from—and then forcing run-ins with—the police, compelled by reasons he frustratingly can't put into words. And then there's Irene Shaeffer, the pretty girl in school whose admiration Alex needs like a drug in order to get by. Broke and fighting to survive, Alex and his father face the realities of estrangement, incarceration, and even violence as their lives unfold toward the climactic episode that a 'New York Times' reviewer called “one of the most profoundly powerful in American fiction." Acclaimed as "one of the best coming-of-age novels of the twentieth century," Theodore Weesner's modern American classic is now re-launched for a new generation of readers to discover. Set in Detroit circa 1959, sixteen-year-old Alex Housman, has just stolen his fourteenth car and doesn't know why. His divorced, working-class father grinds out the night shift at the local Chevy plant, precariously kept afloat by the flask in his glove compartment. Fighting to survive, Alex and his father face the tough realities of estrangement, youth detention, and even violence as their lives hurtle toward the climactic episode that the New York Times hailed as "one of the most profoundly powerful in American fiction." In this rich, beautifully crafted story, Weesner accomplishes a rare feat: creating a transcendent novel written in deceptively simple language that captures all the heartbreak, cruel realities, and stunning personal triumphs of a teen with all the cards stacked against him Acclaimed as "one of the best coming- of- age novels of the Twentieth Century," Theodore Weesner's modern American classic is now re-launched for a new generation of readers to discover. Set in Detroit in circa 1959, the protagonist, sixteen year-old, Alex Housman has just stolen his fourteenth car and frankly doesn't know why. His divorced, alcoholic, working class father grinds out the night shift at the local Chevy Plant, precariously kept afloat by the flask in his glove compartment. Fighting to survive, Alex and his father face the tough realities of estrangement, youth detention, and eve The car thief is Alex Housman. He is sixteen and he steals cars because he cannot help himself. His parents are divorced and his father is an alcoholic. After being sent to a detention home, we are left wondering what will happen to him next. Adolescence.