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The Lincoln Highway
In 1954, an eighteen-year-old comes home from a work farm and plans to drive to California with his little brother. Two friends from the farm turn up with other plans, and the trip heads east to New York.
- First published
- 2021
- Pace
- medium
- Length
- long
- Format
- Standalone
Read this if you like warm, wide-ranging novels with many voices and a strong sense of mid-century America.
Skip this if you want a streamlined plot; it jumps between many narrators and detours often.
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