Jim the Boy

Jim the Boy is a coming-of-age novel by Tony Earley, published by Little, Brown in 2000. It details the early life of Jim Glass, who lives, with his mother, Elizabeth, and three uncles (Al, Coran, and Zeno), in the small fictional town of Aliceville, North Carolina. It is charming, poignant, and suitable for readers of all ages.

Jim the Boy

First edition cover
Author	Tony Earley
Cover artist	Jacket design by Michael Ian Kaye Jacket art by Ross MacDonald
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Novel
Publisher	Little, Brown and Co.
Publication date	June 2000
Media type	Print (hardback & paperback)
Pages	240 pp (first edition, hardback)
ISBN	0-316-19964-8 (first edition, hardback)
OCLC	42021547
Dewey Decimal	813/.54 21
LC Class	PS3555.A685 J55 2000

Allusions from other works

• Nashville Musician Paul Burch, Earley's neighbor at the time, was asked to write an album based on the story lines and characters in the book. The album, Last of My Kind, was released by Merge Records in 2001.
• In one scene Jan Karon's book In This Mountain, the local bookseller is seen reading Jim the Boy, noting (truthfully) that it was a book "which The New York Times had raved over."