The Good Brother
Chris Offutt$18.66
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Virgil Caudill has never gone looking for trouble, but this time he's got no choice -- his hell-raising brother Boyd has been murdered. Everyone knows who did it, and in the hills of Kentucky, tradition won't let a murder go unavenged. No matter which way he chooses, Virgil will lose.
The Good Brother, Chris Offutt's finely crafted first novel, is the story of Virgil's struggle to find his real self in the wake of an impossible choice. Traversing the American landscape from the hollows of Eastern Kentucky to the plains of Montana, Offutt explores the hunger for belonging that drives our most passionate beliefs, and in the process shows himself to be one of our most powerful storytellers
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 05/27/1998
ISBN: 9780684846194
Pages: 320
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.90d
Review Citations: New York Times 08/09/1998 pg. 28
The Good Brother, Chris Offutt's finely crafted first novel, is the story of Virgil's struggle to find his real self in the wake of an impossible choice. Traversing the American landscape from the hollows of Eastern Kentucky to the plains of Montana, Offutt explores the hunger for belonging that drives our most passionate beliefs, and in the process shows himself to be one of our most powerful storytellers
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 05/27/1998
ISBN: 9780684846194
Pages: 320
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.90d
Review Citations: New York Times 08/09/1998 pg. 28