Stop-Time

Stop-Time by Conroy, Frank. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780670671908.

First published in 1967, Stop-Time was immediately recognized as a masterpiece of modern American autobiography, a brilliant portrayal of one boys passage from childhood to adolescence and beyond. Here is Frank Conroys wry, sad, beautiful tale of life on the road; of odd jobs and lost friendships, brutal schools and first loves; of a fathers early death and a sons exhilarating escape into manhood. First published in 1967, Stop-Time was immediately recognized as a masterpiece of modern American autobiography, a brilliant portrayal of one boys passage from childhood to adolescence and beyond. Here is Frank Conroys wry, sad, beautiful tale of life on the road; of odd jobs and lost friendships, brutal schools and first loves; of a fathers early death and a sons exhilarating escape into manhood.