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Original Title: Await Your Reply
ISBN: 0345476026 (ISBN13: 9780345476029)
Edition Language: English URL http://danchaon.com/await-your-reply/
Literary Awards: Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Fiction (2009)
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Await Your Reply Hardcover | Pages: 324 pages
Rating: 3.53 | 13051 Users | 2275 Reviews

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Title:Await Your Reply
Author:Dan Chaon
Book Format:Hardcover
Book Edition:First Edition (US/CAN)
Pages:Pages: 324 pages
Published:August 25th 2009 by Ballantine Books
Categories:Fiction. Mystery. Thriller. Contemporary. Literary Fiction

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The lives of three strangers interconnect in unforeseen ways and with unexpected consequences in acclaimed author Dan Chaon's gripping, brilliantly written new novel.

Longing to get on with his life, Miles Cheshire nevertheless can't stop searching for his troubled twin brother, Hayden, who has been missing for ten years. Hayden has covered his tracks skillfully, moving stealthily from place to place, managing along the way to hold down various jobs and seem, to the people he meets, entirely normal. But some version of the truth is always concealed.

A few days after graduating from high school, Lucy Lattimore sneaks away from the small town of Pompey, Ohio, with her charismatic former history teacher. They arrive in Nebraska, in the middle of nowhere, at a long-deserted motel next to a dried-up reservoir, to figure out the next move on their path to a new life. But soon Lucy begins to feel quietly uneasy.

My whole life is a lie, thinks Ryan Schuyler, who has recently learned some shocking news. In response, he walks off the Northwestern University campus, hops on a bus, and breaks loose from his existence, which suddenly seems abstract and tenuous. Presumed dead, Ryan decides to remake himself through unconventional and precarious means.

Await Your Reply is a literary masterwork with the momentum of a thriller, an unforgettable novel in which pasts are invented and reinvented and the future is both seductively uncharted and perilously unmoored.
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(4.5 stars)If you haven't already made acquaintance with Dan Chaon's work, do so. Like yesterday. Might as well start with Await Your Reply a taut thriller with a focus on identity: Identity theft, mistaken identity, multiple identities. Three seemingly separate disparate stories, weave back and forth and comprise a tapestry of wackitude you're not soon to forget. The ending was not quite as satisfying as I'd hoped, but I'm giving the guy the benefit of the doubt as much of his repertoire seems

So impressed was I by Chaon's You Remind Me of Me, that I absolutely had to read more by the author and this one didn't disappoint. It actually impressed further, terrific sophomore accomplishment. Chaon revisits the same themes from his debut here, themes obviously dear to his heart, like adoption, relationships between brothers and most importantly the nature of identity. That's what Await Your Reply is about really, a quest for identity, stolen, invented or otherwise, a meditation on the

Apparently, there are two reactions to this book--you either love it or hate it. I certainly didn't hate it, but my overall assessment couldn't be described as anything more than lukewarm. There are six main characters (actually less or more depending upon how you interpret the plot...can you see why I was frustrated???)...let's just say there are ostensibly six characters in this novel: Ryan & Jay; Lucy & George; Miles and Hayden. Keeping that many plots and balls juggling in the air is

I am now a dedicated Dan Chaon fan, though I'd be a much more convincing one if I knew how to pronounce his last name. You Remind Me of Me simply blew me away, and I knew I was in for a good ride with this one. Chaon introduces you to characters that seem fully formed and real, people we might know or live right next door, but as we spend time with them, we learn that we don't know all we think we did, which is true always, in life. To transfer that dynamic from real life onto the page is a real

This book was a bit of a disappointment.It came highly recommended from a number of sources and was described as a face-paced thriller of psychological suspence.???It does start off with a thriller-esque vibe as one character is rushed to the hospital, his severed hand on ice. From there it turns swiftly into a fine example of a MFA thesis project-cum-blog, with much meandering pondering on the meaning(less) of life, the lack of direction in the Generation Y population, the uselessness of

Dan Chaon's Await Your Reply is literary fiction/psychological mystery with identity theft, missing persons and internet scam all rolled into one. A major theme is the enduring discussion of what subsumes the identity of 'self'. I am mindful that to say too much about the plot would constitute a spoiler. The bare bones of the story are: Miles is on a seemingly never-ending search for his ingenious but schizophrenic identical twin, Lucy has just abandoned her real life and is about to embark on

Effortless,...like drinking a clear glass full of cool water... his words glide along the pages and tell their story with grace and precision.This is a story that grabs you softly, but before you realize it, you cannot put it down.The characters are diverse and complicated in their seeming simplicity. Mr. Chaon manages to let us peek into their inner lives, and, in doing so, we find bits and pieces of ourselves. He is extremely adept at allowing us to step into present day reality, while not