num_pages: 373
description: A sweeping tale of love, loss, and the pursuit of beauty during the Great DepressionFrom birth, Jack Dillon is a golden child. Blessed with blond locks, glittering eyes, and a perfect voice, he is the most popular child singer in Baltimore. But when puberty robs him of his voice and the stock market wipes out his family fortune, Jack is forced to rebuild.Over the next fifteen years, Jack will see it all. From Maryland to California and back again, he will become a football star, a soldier, and a tramp. Through it all, he never loses his eye for beauty, or his hunger for a woman he has known since childhood. To find happiness in the face of the Depression, Jack will have to remember that no matter how the world has changed him, part of his soul remains as pure as the first note he sang.
language: English
title: The Moth
titlecomplete: The Moth
genres: Crime, Classics, Fiction
ratings_count: 72
publisher: Alfred A. Knopf