Down the Shore A Novel
Down the Shore A Novel by Stan Parish is a reprint edition published by Penguin on May 19, 2015, featuring 288 pages in English. This novel follows Tom Alison, a young man poised for success after graduating from a prestigious East Coast boarding school. However, his plans take a turn when he faces the consequences of selling drugs, leading him back to his roots on the Jersey Shore. There, he reconnects with friends and forms a bond with Clare Savage, the son of a disgraced financier, as they navigate the complexities of youth and ambition.
Readers will find a narrative that explores themes of reinvention and friendship against the backdrop of both the Jersey Shore and St. Andrews University in Scotland. As Tom and Clare embark on their journey, they encounter a world filled with challenges and temptations, revealing the darker sides of ambition and excess. This novel presents a vivid portrayal of young lives intertwined with the consequences of their choices, offering insights into the pressures of status and the impact of one’s past.
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A GQ Best Book of the Month • A New York Post Must-Read Book • A Flavorwire Book of the Week • A New York Daily News Can’t-Put-Down Novel
“[Parish] has got chops, and a feel for dialogue, and is a talent in the making.” —Bill Buford, The Wall Street Journal
“Read this book in a beach chair. . . . [A] worldy and propulsive debut.”—GQ
An exhilarating novel of reinvention, friendship, and ambition—from the Jersey Shore to St. Andrews in Scotland
Tom Alison has it all within his reach. He’s smart, handsome, and about to graduate from a prestigious East Coast boarding school. After that it’s off to the Ivy League and then a job on Wall Street, alongside the power brokers he’s been watching from a distance as the working-class son of a single mom. And then the very life his mother worked so hard to escape catches up with him when he gets busted selling drugs.
Lucky for Tom, there are places for boys and girls with ruined reputations. First, he returns to his roots on the Jersey Shore, reconnecting with a hard-living crew and cementing a bond with his new friend Clare Savage—the son of a recently disgraced financier. The two boys spend their summer surfing and partying. When fall arrives, they head to St. Andrews University in Scotland, a haven for Americans in need of a second chance and a favorite of the British ruling class. Tom and Clare escape to Scotland together, but it’s Tom who discovers a world shaped by even more powerful forces of greed and ambition than the one he left behind. Sucked into a maelstrom of sex, drugs, and status, Tom learns what it takes to break the rules—and how we can be broken by them.
Driven by a cast of young men and women living in an age of riotous prosperity, Down the Shore is an unflinching and unforgettable story of youth steeped in excess. Stan Parish has crafted a gripping novel that masterfully captures the lives of fallen financiers and the people they bring down with them—and reminds us that not even an ocean can separate us from our family, our friends, or our past.
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