American Rust

American Rust
First Edition cover
AuthorPhilipp Meyer
Cover artistMatthew Lenning
LanguageEnglish
GenreFiction, Novel
PublisherSpiegel & Grau
Publication date
February 24, 2009
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardcover)
Pages367
ISBN978-0-385-52751-4
813.6
LC ClassPS3613.E976

American Rust (2009) is a novel by American writer Philipp Meyer. It is set in the 2000s, in the fictional town of Buell in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, which is in a rural region referred to as "the Valley" of dilapidated steel towns. The novel focuses on the decline of the American middle class and well-paying manufacturing jobs, and the general sense of economic and social malaise. Meyer's novel received positive reviews, and many publications ranked it as one of the best novels of the year.

American Rust was published in 2009 in the United States, Great Britain, Australia, and The Netherlands (in Dutch); in 2010 it was published (in translation) in France, Germany, Italy, Korea, Israel, Greece, and Serbia.