The impossible fortress : a novel / Jason Rekulak.
Record details
- ISBN: 1501144421
- ISBN: 9781501144424
- ISBN: 1501144413
- ISBN: 9781501144417
- ISBN: 9781501144417 : HRD
- ISBN: 1501144413 : HRD
- ISBN: 9781501144417 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 1501144413 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 9781501144424 (trade paperback)
- ISBN: 1501144421 (trade paperback)
- Physical Description: 285 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, 2017.
Content descriptions
Summary, etc.: | "Until May 1987, fourteen-year-old Billy Marvin of Wetbridge, New Jersey, is a nerd, but a decidedly happy nerd. Afternoons are spent with his buddies, watching copious amounts of television, gorging on Pop-Tarts, debating who would win in a brawl (Rocky Balboa or Freddy Krueger? Bruce Springsteen or Billy Joel? Magnum P.I. Or T.J. Hooker?), and programming video games on his Commodore 64 late into the night. Then Playboy magazine publishes photos of Wheel of Fortune hostess Vanna White, Billy meets expert programmer Mary Zelinsky, and everything changes."-- Provided by publisher. |
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Genre: | Humorous fiction. Humorous fiction. Fiction. |
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- 14 of 15 copies available at Bibliomation.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Beekley Community Library - New Hartford | F REKULAK, J. (Text) | 32544072454225 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Bethel Public Library | F REKULAK (Text) | 34030137413859 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Black Rock Branch - Bridgeport | YA REKULAK (Text) | 34000081302143 | Young Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Brookfield Library | F/REKULAK (Text) | 34029138761399 | Adult Fiction | Checked out | 03/30/2024 |
Derby Public Library | FIC REK (Text) | 34047137510757 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Douglas Library of Hebron | FIC REK (Text) | 33400139377546 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Easton Public Library | FIC REKULAK, JASON (Text) | 37777123558918 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Jonathan Trumbull Library - Lebanon | FIC REK (Text) | 33430136987765 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Milford Public Library | REKULAK Jason (Text) | 34013138347730 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Norfolk Library | FIC REK (Text) | 36058010243364 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
The Impossible Fortress : A Novel
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The Impossible Fortress : A Novel
A love letter to the 1980s and to nerds everywhere-- The Impossible Fortress will make you remember what it feels like to love someone--or something--for the first time. Billy Marvin's first love was his computer. Then he met Mary Zelinsky. Do you remember your first love? It's May 1987. Fourteen-year-old Billy Marvin of Wetbridge, New Jersey, is a nerd, but a decidedly happy nerd. Afternoons are spent with his buddies, watching copious amounts of television, gorging on Pop-Tarts, debating who would win in a brawl (Rocky Balboa or Freddy Krueger? Bruce Springsteen or Billy Joel? Magnum P.I. or T.J. Hooker?), and programming video games on his Commodore 64 late into the night. Then Playboy magazine publishes photos of their idol, Wheel of Fortune hostess Vanna White, Billy meets expert computer programmer Mary Zelinsky, and everything changes. "A sweet and surprising story about young love" ( A.V. Club ), and a "quirky, endearing, full embrace of the late eighties" ( USA TODAY ), The Impossible Fortress will make you laugh, make you cry, and make you remember in exquisite detail what it feels like to love for the very first time. Heralded as one of the most anticipated novels of 2017 by Entertainment Weekly, Bustle, and InStyle.com, The Impossible Fortress is a surefire "unexpected retro delight" ( Booklist , starred review).