Downtown Owl

Chuck Klosterman is known for his keen analysis of popular culture, and he brings both his wit and his love of Americana to his debut novel, set in the small town of Owl, North Dakota, in the year 1983. Though mostly a plotless ramble, Klosterman's multiple main characters are full of precise pathos, and through their awkward adventures, Klosterman deliciously evokes the strangeness of life, music, and style in the 1980s.

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