A Land More Kind Than Home
Author(s): Wiley Cash
Set in the American south where a young boy witnesses the murder of his young brother in a religious ceremony ...
One Sunday nine-year-old Jess Hall watches in horror as his autistic brother is smothered during a healing service in the mountains of North Carolina. Wiley Cash uses this haunting image - inspired by a horrific true event - to spin us into a spellbinding, heartbreaking story about cruelty and innocence, and the failure of faith and family to protect a child.
This is a novel thick with stories and characters connected by faith, infidelity and a sense of hope that is both tragic and unforgettable.
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Winner of CWA John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger 2012.
One of the most powerful novels I have ever read Fred Chappell
Mesmerizing. Intensely felt and beautifully told New York Times
I think this could be the beginning of a long, fruitful career Ernest J. Gaines
The languid atmosphere seduces, and Cash's fine first effort pulls the reader into a shadowy, tormented world where wolves prowl in the guise of sheep Publishers' Weekly
Wiley Cash is a native of western North Carolina, a region that features prominently in his fiction. This is his first novel, and it was inspired by a true story. He and his wife live in West Virginia where he teaches fiction writing and American literature. A Land More Kind Than Home is the winner of the CWA John Creasey Award for Best First Novel 2012. Find out more at www.wileycash.com
General Fields
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- : Transworld Publishers Ltd
- : Black Swan
- : 0.238
- : 28 February 2013
- : 198mm X 127mm
- : United Kingdom
- : 01 April 2013
- : books
Special Fields
- : Wiley Cash
- : Paperback
- : 336