The Mercy Seat
The acclaimed novel by the author of The Why of Things tackles the Deep South during the Gothic worst of Jim Crow times . . . truly a bravura performance (Geoffrey Wolff).One of the finest writers of her generation, and author of three previously acclaimed novels, Elizabeth H. Winthrop delivers a brave new book that will launch her distinguished career anew (Brad Watson).On the eve of his execution, eighteen-year-old Willie Jones sits in his cell in New Iberia awaiting his end. Across the state, a truck driven by a convict and his keeper carries the executioner's chair closer. On a nearby highway, Willie's father Frank lugs a gravestone on th…
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- ISBN: 978-0-8021-6568-8
- EAN: 9780802165688
- Produktnummer: 24188524
- Verlag: Grove Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
- Seitenangabe: 240 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 2'484 KB
Über den Autor
Elizabeth H. Winthrop is the author of three novels: Fireworks, December, and, The Why of Things She was the recipient of the Schaeffer Writing Fellowship at the University of California at Irvine where she earned her MFA. She lives with her husband and daughter in Massachusetts, where she is Assistant Professor of English/Creative Writing at Endicott College.
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