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    Traveler

    Author Ron McLarty
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    Penguin Adult HC/TR | Penguin Books
    On sale Mar 25, 2008 | 288 Pages | 9780143112884
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    From the author of The Memory of Running-a beautifully crafted story of a man who returns home to discover the truth about his past

    Featuring the warmth and authenticity that made The Memory of Running such a major success, Traveler wraps a beautifully written ode to friendship within a compelling mystery. Jono Riley is an aging bartender and part-time actor in Manhattan who is compelled to return to the working-class neighborhoods of East Providence, where he came of age with his three best friends in the early 1960s. Jono is drawn into an attempt to solve the mystery of several shootings that occurred back then. As the surprising truth emerges, Jono is forced to come to terms with a past that is not quite what he remembers, even as he makes new resolutions in the present.
    Ron McLarty graduated from Rhode Island College in 1969, and started his theatre career shortly thereafter. A well known Broadway and TV actor, he is one of also the country’s leading audiobook narrators, having done over 100 titles, including the narration of books authored by Stephen King, Danielle Steel, Richard Russo, Elmore Leonard, Ed McBain, David Baldacci, Scott Turow, and George W. Bush’s memoir Decision Points. McLarty has also written his own books, among them the novels Traveler, The Memory of Running, and Art in America. View titles by Ron McLarty
    "Unforgettable . . . This novel has a great voice, a great plot, great suspense, a great evocation of time and place."
    -The Boston Globe

    "McLarty excels at creating a sense of place, but he is positively brilliant at creating characters. We care about these people."
    -The Providence Journal

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    From the author of The Memory of Running-a beautifully crafted story of a man who returns home to discover the truth about his past

    Featuring the warmth and authenticity that made The Memory of Running such a major success, Traveler wraps a beautifully written ode to friendship within a compelling mystery. Jono Riley is an aging bartender and part-time actor in Manhattan who is compelled to return to the working-class neighborhoods of East Providence, where he came of age with his three best friends in the early 1960s. Jono is drawn into an attempt to solve the mystery of several shootings that occurred back then. As the surprising truth emerges, Jono is forced to come to terms with a past that is not quite what he remembers, even as he makes new resolutions in the present.

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    Ron McLarty graduated from Rhode Island College in 1969, and started his theatre career shortly thereafter. A well known Broadway and TV actor, he is one of also the country’s leading audiobook narrators, having done over 100 titles, including the narration of books authored by Stephen King, Danielle Steel, Richard Russo, Elmore Leonard, Ed McBain, David Baldacci, Scott Turow, and George W. Bush’s memoir Decision Points. McLarty has also written his own books, among them the novels Traveler, The Memory of Running, and Art in America. View titles by Ron McLarty

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    "Unforgettable . . . This novel has a great voice, a great plot, great suspense, a great evocation of time and place."
    -The Boston Globe

    "McLarty excels at creating a sense of place, but he is positively brilliant at creating characters. We care about these people."
    -The Providence Journal

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