P
Philipp Meyer
American Rust
- Pages
- 400
- Published
- 2009
- Language
- English
Synopsis
In the decaying Pennsylvania Steel Valley, nineteen-year-old Isaac English dreams of a life beyond the rust and ruin surrounding him — until he steals money from his father's savings to ride the rails toward Berkeley. When his best friend Billy Poe is imprisoned for a crime neither committed, Isaac returns home to find himself entangled in an old murder case that forces him to confront what it truly means to escape.
Genres
Characters
Isaac EnglishProtagonist
Billy PoeSupporting
Frequently asked questions
Is there a screen adaptation of this book?
The novel was adapted into a television series titled American Rust, which premiered in 2021 and spanned two seasons across Showtime and Amazon Prime Video.
What literary influences are present in the writing style?
Philipp Meyer has noted that his stream of consciousness technique was influenced by modernist writers such as James Joyce, William Faulkner, and Virginia Woolf.