Drop City (novel)

Drop City is a 2003 novel by American author T. C. Boyle. The novel, set in various years from the early 1960s to late 1970s, describes the social evolution of a group of eight counter-cultural nudists in a commune based on the real Drop City, Colorado. However, Boyle's fictional group initially live in California and later move to a remote part of Alaska, and the group shares many qualities with the real Sonoma County Morning Star commune.[1] The novel was a finalist for the 2003 National Book Award.

Drop City
US edition cover
AuthorT. C. Boyle
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
PublisherViking Press
Publication date
February 24, 2003
Media typePrint (hardback & paperback)
Pages464
ISBN0-670-03172-0
OCLC49743603
813/.54 21
LC ClassPS3552.O932 D76 2003

Book information

  • Hardcover – ISBN 0-670-03172-0 (First edition, February 24, 2003), published by Viking Press
  • Paperback – ISBN 0-14-200380-8 (January 27, 2004), published by Penguin Books

References

  1. Matthews, Mark (2012). Droppers: America's First Hippie Commune, Drop City. University of Oklahoma Press. p. 9. ISBN 978-0806183084.
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