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ISBN13: 9781571310781
Publisher: Milkweed Editions
Published: Sep 13 2011
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.96
Height: 0.98 Width: 5.86 Depth: 8.34
Language: English
Awards: Midwest Booksellers' Choice Award
The author of the acclaimed Montana 1948 spins charm and melancholy in this novel of youth and romantic rivalry in 1960s rural Minnesota (Denver Post).
Willow Falls, Minnesota, 1962. The shooting of a young woman on Thanksgiving Day sets off a chain of unsettling events in the life of seventeen-year-old Matthew Garth. A close friend of the prosperous Dunbar family, Matthew is present in Dr. Dunbar's home office when the victim is brought in. The sight of Louisa Lindahl--beautiful and mortally wounded--makes an indelible impression on the young man.
Fueled by his feverish desire for this mysterious woman and a deep longing for the comfort and affluence that appears to surround the Dunbars, Matthew finds himself drawn into a vortex of greed, manipulation, and ultimately betrayal. Larry Watson's tale heart-breaking tale resonates with language as clear and images as crisp as the spare, flat prairie of its Minnesota setting (Kirkus Reviews).
An Esquire Best Book of 2011
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