The power of music,
the exquisite torture of first love,
and the many places we call home…
THE HOUSE OF TOMORROW
Peter Bognanni
http://peterbognanni.com/
Amy Einhorn Books
G.P. Putnam’s Sons
Penguin Book Group (USA)
$24.95 Hardcover
ISBN: 978-0-399-15609-0
On sale March 4, 2010
Fiction
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This debut novel set in rural Iowa mixes the philosophy of Buckminster Fuller with punk rock in a hilarious and moving novel about misfit teenagers finding their place in a confusing world.
“I was totally blown away by this book.”
– Alice Meyer, Beaverdale Books, Des Moines, IA“Dear Peter Bognanni – THE HOUSE OF TOMORROW is one of the best written, best crafted novels I’ve ever read. The biggest hook for me as a reader is voice. You nailed it, not just with one or two characters, but with all of them. THE HOUSE OF TOMORROW is my favorite read this year.”
– Jennifer Geraedts, Beagle Books, Park Rapids, MN
Read Jennifer’s letter to Peter here“Under the screaming rage of a Misfits or Ramones song, you can hear a heart beating, and that’s where Peter Bognanni gets to work — his wild and tender book reveals how much a couple of scared boys can say to each other with a little hateful noise.”
– Rob Sheffield, author of Love Is a Mix Tape“I adore this book, not only for its ability to love our ludicrous hearts, but also for the way it makes dividing questions about whether good literature comes from the heart or the mind seem like nonsense.”
– Rivka Galchen, author of Atmospheric Disturbances“THE HOUSE OF TOMORROW…marries the visionary with the everyday, the whizbang with the domestic, and does it with beauty, humor, and love for each one of its flawed characters. Peter Bognanni remembers all the romance and awkwardness of teen life and teen music. His first novel is headlong, hilarious, heartbreaking.”
– Elizabeth McCracken
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ABOUT THE BOOK
On the outskirts of a small town in Iowa, Sebastian Prendergast lives in a geodesic dome with his eccentric grandmother, who has spent the last eleven years homeschooling him on the teachings of futurist philosopher R. Buckminster Fuller. But when Sebastian’s grandmother has a stroke, he is forced to leave the dome and discover what it means to live a normal life.
Jared Whitcomb is a chain-smoking sixteen-year-old heart transplant recipient who befriends Sebastian, and begins to teach him about all the things he has been missing out on, including girls, grilled cheese sandwiches with grape soda, and Sid Vicious. Together they form a punk band called The Rash, and with the help of Jared’s sister, Meredith, prepare to take the local church talent show by storm. But when Sebastian’s grandmother wants him to return to the dome and take Bucky’s message to the world, will Sebastian have to give up The Rash—and lose his chance at winning Meredith’s heart?
Unexpectedly poignant and richly comic, THE HOUSE OF TOMORROW is a novel about the power of music, the exquisite torture of first love, and the many places we call home.
AB
OUT THE AUTHOR
Peter Bognanni is a recent graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, where he was awarded a Teaching-Writing Fellowship for his work. He is a 2008 Pushcart Prize nominee, and his short story “The Body Eternal” was chosen by Stephen King as on of the “100 Most Distinguished Stories of 2006 in The Best American Short Stories (2007). Bognanni is currently a visiting instructor of creative writing at Macalaster College in Saint Paul. He once played in a terrible high school punk band.
