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Eat the Document

Dana Spiotta

2005290 pagesabout 4–7 hours
2005
first published
  • 2005Scribner · 290 pages · ENGISBN 9780743272988
  • 2006Thorndike Press · 424 pages · ENGISBN 9780786287420
  • 2006Scribner · 304 pagesISBN 9780743273008

In the 1970s, Bobby Desoto and Mary Whittaker -- passionate, idealistic, and in love -- design a series of radical protests against the Vietnam War. When one action goes wrong, the course of their lives is forever changed. The two must erase their past, forge new identities, and never see each other again.

How it feels

Emotional toneUnflinching

How it reads

Plot intensityCharacter driven
Character focusSmall ensemble
ComplexityLayered

When and where

ThemesFamily
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