There's something endearing about small town life. Even amidst the repetition, the complacency and the exoticising of what lies beyond city limits, there lies intrigue. In his first novel, Klosterman paints a great story built around the lives of three characters in fictional Owl, North Dakota.
It's 1983 and Owl is detached from life in urban America. High School football is king and conservatism (in all walks of life) is the way to go. We're stuck inside the heads of the central characters and their daily routines until one single event changes things forever.
Klosterman uses his sense of humor, "insight" into relationships and his own experience as a North Dakotan to craft a great story. He also reminds us why the slang term "boss" is so awesome.
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