Watch the trailer for Willy Vlautin’s Lean On Pete
From the acclaimed author ofThe Motel Life and Northline and frontman for the band Richmond Fontaine, comes a hugely moving slice of Americana.
With beautiful footage from Portland Meadows racetrack and an original soundtrack, Willy Vlautin tells the story of ‘Lean on Pete,’ his unforgettable new novel of friendship and hope in dark times.
Fifteen-year-old Charley Thompson wants a home; food on the table and a high school he can attend for more than part of a year. But as the son of a single father working at warehouses across the Pacific Northwest, he’s been pretty much on his own for some time. When they arrive in Portland, Oregon, Charley takes a stables job at the local race track. It’s here that he meets Pete, an old horse who becomes his companion as he’s forced to make his own way in the world…
Lean on Pete book trailer – Willy Vlautin from FaberBooks on Vimeo.
