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It’s hard being a single dad raising a son - especially if your kid is also a 1971 Volkswagen Beetle. There’s nothing more troubling than having your child break down on the side of the road, leaking oil, overheating, and asking tough questions like, “What is death?” and “Why did Mom leave?” "Boucher's first novel is one of the most original books you will read this year." - Roxane Gay, GiantBut stay calm! Because How To Keep Your Volkswagen Alive is not only a dizzyingly beautiful novel, it’s also a handy manual with useful chapters on “Tools and Spare Parts,” “Valve Adjustment,” “How To Read This Novel,” and, most important of all, “How Works a Heart.” Welcome to Christopher Boucher’s zany literary universe, a place where metaphors shift beneath your feet, familiar words assume new meanings, objects talk, trees attack, and time actually is money. ”Boucher creates a fun, bluesy work that deals with the difficulty of parenting, coping with loss and how people navigate romantic relationships; in a sense, HTKYVA is an instruction manual for the human heart... Unforgettable.” - Rhea Ramey, Time Out New YorkModelled on the cult classic 1969 hippie handbook of the same name, How To

Who reads How to Keep Your Volkswagen Alive : A Novel?

Author

Christopher Boucher

Publisher

Melville House Publishing

Published

2011

Language

EN

ISBN

9781935554639

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Psychology, Literary Fiction

Rating

3.48 / 5 (187 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14