Dogwood Afternoons

by Kim Chapin

Book Overview

Dogwood Afternoons is the story of Andrew Mavis, a young race-car driver. Mavis is testing his car on a new superspeedway, running practice laps against his boyhood friend and rival, Wynn Tatum, as they vie with each other for a job with a factory racing team. It soon becomes clear that it is Mavis himself who is being tested: by his car, to be sure, but also by the twists and shadings of his memory. Dogwood Afternoons is a novel about memory, fate,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374143161
• ISBN13: 9780374143169
• Release Date: October 1985
• Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
• Length: 256 Pages