Drop City (novel)
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Author | T. C. Boyle |
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Language | English |
Publisher | Viking Press |
Publication date | February 24, 2003 |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
Pages | 464 |
ISBN | 0-670-03172-0 |
OCLC | 49743603 |
813/.54 21 | |
LC Class | PS3552.O932 D76 2003 |
Drop City is a 2003 novel by American author T. C. Boyle. The novel, set in various years from the early 1960s to late 1970s, describes the social evolution of a group of eight counter-cultural nudists in a commune based on the real Drop City, Colorado. However, Boyle's fictional group initially live in California and later move to a remote part of Alaska, and the group shares many qualities with the real Sonoma County Morning Star commune.[1] The novel was a finalist for the 2003 National Book Award.
Book information
[edit]- Hardcover – ISBN 0-670-03172-0 (First edition, February 24, 2003), published by Viking Press
- Paperback – ISBN 0-14-200380-8 (January 27, 2004), published by Penguin Books
References
[edit]- ^ Matthews, Mark (2012). Droppers: America's First Hippie Commune, Drop City. University of Oklahoma Press. p. 9. ISBN 978-0806183084.