num_pages: 316
description: Damon Bell, the youngest of nine children coming of age in the Southwest, looks up to his older brother as a role model and longs to be reunited with the father who only swims like a fish through the boy's dreams.
language: English
title: The Fire Eaters: A Novel
titlecomplete: The Fire Eaters: A Novel
ratings_count: 12
places: Texas
awards: awardedAt: 694252800000
name: Association of Writers and Writing Programs Award
publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc