num_pages: 502
description: Brando. Dean. John Reddy Heart is right up there among them - at least in the eyes of the residents of Willowsville, New York. The handsome young heart-throb begins his bad-boy career at sixteen, the night that a man is murdered in his mother's house. Was John Reddy protecting her from rape or covering up her crime, or is he actually innocent? It may not matter - the minute the manhunt starts, the second the sensational trial begins, John Reddy Heart is front-page news, celebrated in song, and well on his way to becoming a small town's obsession. The always inventive Oates has struck upon a truly innovative way to tell this uniquely American story.
language: English
title: Broke Heart Blues
titlecomplete: Broke Heart Blues
genres: Suspense, Literary Fiction, Americana, Fiction, The United States Of America, Contemporary
ratings_count: 614
places: Upstate New York, Western New York
publisher: Virago