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I Was There the Night He Died by Robertson Ray is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is I Was There the Night He Died about?
Ray Robertson is an irrepressible voice, with brass balls, and a heart of gold. I Was There the Night He Died is a hilarious, moving, insightful, and timely piece of modern realism, delightfully void of literary pretension. Here, at last, is a novel that rocks and rolls."—Jonathan Evison, author of The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving"So," she says. Who died tonight?"Sam Samson, meet Samantha. Sam's a novelist: his dad has Alzheimer's, his mother died of stroke, his wife was killed seventeen months ago in a car crash. Samantha, eighteen, is a cutter. She lives across the street from Sam's parents' house. Marijuana and loneliness spark an unlikely friendship, which Sam finds hard to navigate, especially as his dad's condition worsens and the money for his care suddenly vanishes. Yet somehow, between a record player and a park bench, through late-night conversations about the deaths of Sam's musical heroes, and ultimately...
Who reads I Was There the Night He Died?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Robertson Ray
- Publisher
- Biblioasis
- Published
- 2014
- Language
- EN
- Category
- work of fiction
- Rating
- 3.77 / 5 (56 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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