"Matt Ruff - Set This House in Order" - читать интересную книгу автора (Ruff Matt)

of Andy and Penny become substitutes for a modern-day Adam and Eve in today's rapid and transparent
world. A powerful and moving display of talent and charisma." -- IndyWire

"In this. . . complex coming-of-age story with an emotional resonance that reaches far beyond the deeply
troubled psyches he's exploring, Ruff has pulled off his neatest narrative trick of all. . . As addictive as
any recent thriller." -- Portland Oregonian



A hardcover edition of this book was published in 2003
by HarperCollins Publishers.

SET THIS HOUSE IN ORDER.
Copyright ┬й 2003 by Matt Ruff.
All rights reserved.
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First Perennial edition published 2004.

Designed by Joseph Rutt

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available.
ISBN 0-06-095485-X
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For Michael, Daniel, J.B., Scooter, and the rest of the gang.



I am all the daughters of my father's house, and all the brothers too.
-- William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night




My father called me out.