The Flamer

(Paperback)

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well-rendered settings, accessible prose, and relatable characters makes this an enjoyable read for all ages in all locales across the U.S

rye tongue-in-cheek humor accompanies larger themes and issues

excellent new design and packaging, as well as a new forward by the author, update the book from the original print run

Reviews

One of the wisest, funniest, strangest novels Ive ever read, narrated by one of the most unique characters Ive had the pleasure of meeting in American fiction. I treasure this book. Christopher Coake, author of You Came Back; GRANTA Best Young American Novelist

diabolically funny Brainy and splendidly profane, Rogerss writing is incendiary and hypnotic. We watch with an arsonists glee as his boy genius lights the fuse of his own volatile adolescence. A sizzling debut. Claire Vaye Watkins, author of Battleborn & 2013 Story Prize winner

a highly original and delightful debut. Rogers writes with crisp precision about subjects as varied as science, the complex matters of the heart, and the Great Basin landscape. High Country News

The seamless transition the protagonist, Oby, makes is written so phenomenally well that the reader finishes wondering when the hell it happened. [The books] readability lies with its wide cast of well-written characters.characters that the reader will walk away remembering. On Fiction Writing

Like Harper Lee and Mark Twain, Ben Rogers has tapped into regional America to scribe a coming-of-age story that is universal in its truths. The Flamer debuts a fine new writer who understands his craftbut even better a writer who understands human nature. H. Lee Barnes, author of When We Walked Above the Clouds & Member of Nevada Writers Hall of Fame

a witty, Nevada-based coming-of-age story Las Vegas Review Journal

Coming of age stories are a beloved literary traditionSalingers The Catcher in the Rye and Lees To Kill A Mockingbird, frequently appearing on lists of the most influential American literature, are stories of young people struggling to understand themselves and their place in the world. The Flamer follows firmly in their footsteps. The Review Lab

Obys thought process fits so well with teenage mentality that I wonder how Ben Rogers did it.I really grew to love this boy. Hes beyond stereotype or easy labeling, and I never knew where he was going; I eagerly followed his unconventional aspirations. JMWW Journal

addresses the wily, sometimes dangerous nature of early manhood. Rogers gives us a precocious young man with fiery tastes and curious charm. Don Waters, author of Sunland

I liked how Rogers used Renos streets, the hills west of town, the geography of this place as a character in the novelWhen Rogers wants to be subtle, he can. But most of all, I liked the kid. Reno News & Review

Rogers gets the coming-of-age novel right. The Nevada Review

Author Bio

Ben was born in 1977 and lives in Reno, Nevada with his wife and two daughters. His writing has appeared in a variety of literary publications and earned a Nevada Arts Council Fellowship and a Sierra Arts Foundation grant. He is the lead author of Nanotechnology: Understanding Small Systems (CRC Press), the first-ever comprehensive college textbook on nanotechnology, now in its 3rd edition, and also Nanotechnology: The Whole Story (CRC Press), a general audience book.

He studied engineering and journalism in college and has a masters degree in mechanical engineering. Hes worked as a business analyst, a newspaper reporter, a teacher, and a scientist at various labs, including Oak Ridge National Laboratory and NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory. (More about this work can be found here.) Since 2004 he has been the Principal Engineer at Nevada Nanotech Systems.