Book description
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Robard Hewes has driven across the country in search of a woman named
Buena who, twelve years ago, infused him with a feeling that has now
turned into obsession. Sam Newel has travelled from Chicago seeking
the missing piece of himself. They both find themselves on an
uncharted hunting island in the Mississippi owned by an old man named
Lamb. When these men converge on this strange land, each discovers the
thing he's looking for yet triggers a conflagration of inevitable
violence in this tense and brutal yet moving tale.<
'This is quality writing in the highest American
tradition of Faulkner, Hemingway and Steinbeck ... The dialogue is
immaculate. The story-telling and plotting are confident and rich in
texture. Above all, the sense of atmosphere, mood, time and place has
a resonance that sings in the head and stimulates every sense' The
Times 'A modern book of great power. Ford writes with a stark
brilliance that imprints descriptions of the land and people deeply
into one's consciousness' Daily Telegraph 'A tour de force' Daily
Telegraph 'Its power is mysterious and unmistakable ... extraordinary'
Newsweek
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Robard Hewes has driven across the country in search of a woman named
Buena who, twelve years ago, infused him with a feeling that has now
turned into obsession. Sam Newel has travelled from Chicago seeking
the missing piece of himself. They both find themselves on an
uncharted hunting island in the Mississippi owned by an old man named
Lamb. When these men converge on this strange land, each discovers the
thing he's looking for yet triggers a conflagration of inevitable
violence in this tense and brutal yet moving tale.<
