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Kings of the Earth
Jon Clinch
Kings of the Earth
Jon Clinch
Publisher Marketing: Following up "Finn"-his much-heralded and prize-winning debut whose voice evoked "the mythic styles of his literary predecessors... William Faulkner, Toni Morrison, Cormac McCarthy and Edward P. Jones" (San Francisco Chronicle)-Jon Clinch returns with Kings of the Earth, a powerful and haunting story of life, death, and family in rural America. The edge of civilization is closer than we think. It's as close as a primitive farm on the margins of an upstate New York town, where the three Proctor brothers live together in a kind of crumbling stasis. They linger like creatures from an older, wilder, and far less forgiving world-until one of them dies in his sleep, and the other two are suspected of murder. Told in a chorus of voices that span generations, "Kings of the Earth" examines the bonds of family and blood, faith and suspicion that link not just the brothers but their entire community. Vernon, the oldest brother, is reduced by work and illness to a shambling shadow of himself. Feebleminded Audie lingers by his side, needy and unknowable. And Creed, the youngest of the three and the only one to have seen anything of the world (courtesy of the U. S. Army), struggles with impulses and accusations beyond his understanding. We meet Del Graham, a state trooper torn between his urge to understand the brothers and his desire for justice; Preston Hatch, a neighbor who's spent his life protecting the three men from themselves; and a host of other living, breathing characters whose voices emerge to shape this sprawling but deeply intimate saga of life, death, and the human condition at its limits. Review Citations: Library Journal Prepub Alert 02/15/2010 pg. 74 (EAN 9781400069019, Hardcover) Kirkus Reviews 04/01/2010 (EAN 9781400069019, Hardcover) Library Journal 04/15/2010 pg. 73 (EAN 9781400069019, Hardcover) - *Starred Review Booklist 04/15/2010 pg. 27 (EAN 9781400069019, Hardcover) Publishers Weekly 05/10/2010 pg. 1 (EAN 9781400069019, Hardcover) New York Times Book Review 09/26/2010 pg. 21 (EAN 9781400069019, Hardcover) Wilson Fiction Catalog 01/01/2011 pg. 16 (EAN 9781400069019, Hardcover) Wilson Fiction Catalog 01/01/2014 pg. 147 (EAN 9781400069019, Hardcover) Contributor Bio: Clinch, Jon Born and raised in the remote heart of upstate New York, Jon Clinch has been an English teacher, a metalworker, a folksinger, an illustrator, a typeface designer, a housepainter, a copywriter, and an advertising executive. His first novel, FINN-the secret history of Huckleberry Finn's father-was named an American Library Association Notable Book and was chosen as one of the year's best books by the Washington Post, the Chicago Tribune, and the Christian Science Monitor. It won the Philadelphia Athenaeum Literary Award and was shortlisted for the Sargent First Novel Prize. His second novel, KINGS OF THE EARTH-a powerful tale of life, death, and family in rural America, based on a true story-was named a best book of the year by the Washington Post and led the 2010 Summer Reading List at O, The Oprah Magazine. Clinch has lectured and taught widely, in settings as varied as the National Council of Teachers of English, Williams College, the Mark Twain House and Museum, and Pennsylvania State University. In 2008 he organized a benefit reading for the financially ailing Twain House that literally saved the institution from bankruptcy. Jon Clinch lives with his wife in the Green Mountains of Vermont. They have one daughter.
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | December 12, 2012 |
ISBN13 | 9781481175401 |
Publishers | Createspace |
Pages | 322 |
Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 18 mm · 471 g |
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