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On October 19, 2010 Scribner published a collection of short stories called Palo Alto: Stories by Franco.

The book is named after the California city where Franco grew up and is dedicated to many of the writers he worked with at Brooklyn College.

Inspired by some of Franco's own teenage memories, Palo Alto consists of life in Palo Alto as experienced by a series of teenagers who spend most of their time indulging in driving drunk, using drugs and taking part in unplanned acts of violence.

Each passage is told by a young narrator.

The book has received mixed reviews ; Los Angeles Times called it " the work of an ambitious young man who clearly loves to read, who has a good eye for detail, but who has spent way too much time on style and virtually none on substance.

" The Guardian said that Franco's " foray into the literary world may be met with cynicism in some quarters, but this is a promising debut from a most unlikely source.

" Writing in the New York Times, reviewer and fellow author Joshua Mohr praised Franco for how, in the story " American History ", he juxtaposed historical parts with a present-day social commentary that " makes the we wonder how much we ’ ve actually evolved in post-bellum America.