Oklahoman a finalist for National Book Award
Oklahoma author Tim Tharp has been named a finalist for the 2008 National Book Awards.
His book “The Spectacular Now” is one of five finalists in the Young People’s Literature category. The National Book Award winners will be announced Nov. 19 in New York City.
A University of Oklahoma graduate, Tharp teaches in the humanities department at Rose State College in Midwest City.
According to the National Book Foundation, Tharp’s first novel, “Falling Dark” (Milkweed Press), was awarded the Milkweed National Fiction Prize. “Knights of the Hill Country” (Knopf Books for Young Readers), his first novel for young adults, was named to the American Library Association’s Best Books of 2007 list.
Here is a description of “The Spectacular Now,” from www.nationalbook.org:
SUTTER KEELY. HE’S the guy you want at your party. He’ll get everyone dancing. He’ll get everyone in your parents’ pool. Okay, so he’s not exactly a shining academic star. He has no plans for college and will probably end up folding men’s shirts for a living. But there are plenty of ladies in town, and with the help of Dean Martin and Seagram’s V.O., life’s pretty fabuloso, actually.
Until the morning he wakes up on a random front lawn, and he meets Aimee. Aimee’s clueless. Aimee is a social disaster. Aimee needs help, and it’s up to the Sutterman to show Aimee a splendiferous time and then let her go forth and prosper. But Aimee’s not like other girls, and before long he’s in way over his head. For the first time in his life, he has the power to make a difference in someone else’s life – or ruin it forever.
Congratulations and good luck to Tim Tharp.
-BAM
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