In 1955, ten-year-old Tobias Wolff and his young mother moved in with a violent man who would become Toby's stepfather. Scrappy, clever, and full of youthful bravado, Toby blunders through adolescence, until one of his most far-fetched schemes forever alters his path. If you missed this extraordinary coming-of-age masterpiece when it was published thirty years ago, rest assured that This Boy's Life—by turns humorous and tragic, suspenseful and deeply moving— remains as universal and unforgettable as modern classics should.