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Philipp Meyer

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http://philippmeyer.net/

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Joyce, Faulkner, Virginia Woolf, Hemingway, Eudora Welty, James Kelman

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Philipp Meyer's novel, American Rust, was an Economist Book of the Year, a Washington Post Top Ten Book of 2009, a New York Times Notable Book, A Kansas City Star Top 100 Book of 2009, and an Amazon Top 100 Book of 2009.

Philipp Meyer grew up in Baltimore, dropped out of high school, and got his GED when he was sixteen. After spending several years working as a bike mechanic and volunteering at a trauma center in downtown Baltimore, he attended Cornell University, where he studied English. Since graduating, Meyer has worked as a derivatives trader at UBS, a construction worker, and an EMT, among other jobs. His writing has been published in McSweeney's, The United States of McSweeney's, The Best of McSweeney's 11-20, Esquire UK, The Iowa Rev ...more

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	The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway, Philipp Meyer (Goodreads Author) (Introduction) 3.79 avg rating — 457,105 ratings — published 1926 — 443 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy, Philipp Meyer (Goodreads Author) (Introduction) 4.16 avg rating — 178,003 ratings — published 1985 — 187 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Son 4.02 avg rating — 36,191 ratings — published 2013 — 84 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	American Rust 3.72 avg rating — 12,633 ratings — published 2009 — 71 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	New Stories from the South: The Year's Best, 2007 by Edward P. Jones (Editor), Allan Gurganus (Contributor), James Lee Burke (Contributor) 3.78 avg rating — 92 ratings — published 2007 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The United States of McSweeney's: Ten Years of Lucky Mistakes and Accidental Classics by Nick Hornby (Editor), Eli Horowitz (Editor), K. Kvashay-Boyle 3.41 avg rating — 68 ratings — published 2009 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	America - Numéro 5 by François Busnel, Jonathan Franzen, Cormac McCarthy 4.29 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2018	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nic Nicosia (M. Georgia Hegarty Dunkerley Contemporary Art Series) by Nic Nicosia, Philipp Meyer (Goodreads Author), Sue Graze really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Die Haupturkunden für die Geschichte der Athosklöster: Grösstentheils zum ersten Male 1894 [Leather Bound] 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“You ought to be able to grow up in a place and not have to get the hell out of it when you turn eighteen.”
― Philipp Meyer, American Rust

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“No land was ever acquired honestly in the history of the earth.”
― Philipp Meyer, The Son

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“The difference between a brave man and a coward is very simple. It is a problem of love. A coward loves only himself... [...] ...a coward cares only for his own body," Toshaway said, "and he loves it above all other things. The brave man loves other men first and himself last. Nahkusuaberu?"

I nodded.

"This" - he tapped me - "must mean nothing to you." The he tapped me again, on my face, my chest, my belly, my hands and feet. "All of this means nothing.”
― Philipp Meyer, The Son

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Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann

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The Son by Philipp Meyer

14 votes, 20.3%

The Burgess Boys by Elizabeth Strout

13 votes, 18.8%

The Lost Books of The Odyssey by Zachary Mason

10 votes, 14.5%

Bark: Stories by Lorrie Moore Colum McCann

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