The last of a manufacturing dynasty in a dying industrial town, Bill lives alone in the family mansion and works for the Truth, the moribund local paper. He yearns to write long philosophical pieces about the American dream gone sour, not the flaccid write-ups of bake-off contests demanded by the Truth. Then, old man Lawton goes missing, and suspicion fixes on his son, Ronny. Paradoxically, the specter of violent death breathes new life into the town. For Bill, a deeper and more disturbing involvement with the Lawtons ensues. The Lawton murder and the obsessions it awakes in the town come to symbolize the mood of a nation on the edge. Compulsively readable, The Keepers of Truth startles both with its insights and with Collins's powerful, incisive writing.
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L'autore:
Michael Collins was born in Limerick, Ireland, and now lives in Seattle, Washington. His first book, The Man Who Dreamt of Lobsters, was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year in 1993. Michael Collins received his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois in Chicago.
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Book by Collins Michael
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- EditoreScribner
- Data di pubblicazione2001
- ISBN 10 0743218035
- ISBN 13 9780743218030
- RilegaturaCopertina flessibile
- Numero di pagine310
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