. "American Rust"@en . "American Rust is American writer Philipp Meyer's debut novel published in 2009. Set in the present-day 2000s (decade), American Rust takes place 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. American Rust focuses on the decline of the American middle class, good-paying manufacturing jobs, and the general sense of economic and social malaise of what has become known as the New Gilded Age."@en . . "978-0-385-52751-4" . . "367"^^ . . "2009-02-24Z"^^ .