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Too Cool

Duff Brenna's "Too Cool" is a tale with the feel of a classic. Set against the unforgiving landscape of blizzard-swept Colorado, "Too Cool" begins with the squeal of tires and adrenaline rush of a high-speed car chase. Elbert Earl Evans, known as Triple E, 16 years old, has busted out of reform school and taken off with his girlfriend, Jeanne Windriver, in a stolen Oldsmobile. Pursued by police, Triple E and Jeanne escape by turning onto a backwoods road, where the car eventually stalls, trapping the two youngsters miles from civilization in a deadly snowstorm. Faced with a situation of growing desperation, Triple E confronts the violence of his nature — from his street skirmishes to the betrayal suffered at the hands of reform-school teachers who put their own dreams of glory ahead of his rehabilitation.Duff Brenna, the author of the acclaimed novels "The Book of Mamie" and "The Holy Book of the Beard, " sensitively and compassionately portrays the troubled Triple E as a boy grown too fast into manhood, struggling to gain control over his explosive impulses, and discovering a vein of tenderness in his deep love for Jeanne. Taut, fast-paced and razor-sharp, "Too Cool" is a novel of undeniable power.

  • Format
  • hardcover
  • Pages
  • 272
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9780385489713
  • Genres
  • fiction
  • Release date
  • 1998