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Jacob Jump - A Novel (Paperback)
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Jacob Jump - A Novel (Paperback)
Series: Story River Books
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List price R672
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Jacob Jump, the dark and meticulously crafted first novel from Eric
Morris, follows a weeklong ill-fated boating trip down the Savannah
River from Augusta, Georgia, to the lighthouse at Tybee Island.
Chance and danger trump planning and intention at every turn, and
the pull of the historic river and of fate itself propels Morris's
characters with unrelenting force. Old friends Thomas Verdery and
William Rhind, each seeking temporary escape from the failures of
their lives, take to the river with Rhind's father. Verdery, a
native southerner, has left his job and lover in Nepaug,
Connecticut, while Rhind has lost his wife and child to his
drinking. Encounters with dangerous weather and unhinged locals
imperil the trio, who are held at gunpoint when they try to dock
and soon are fighting among themselves. The hazards of the trip and
a shocking loss along the way exacerbate William Rhind's drinking
and tendencies toward violence. When Verdery and Rhind must become
reluctant custodians to young Caron Lee, a lost girl from the
backwoods family that had previously accosted them, tensions build
toward explosive ends as the serene open waters of the Atlantic
Ocean wait just beyond reach on the unknown, unknowable horizon.
Guided by a host of influences from William Faulkner and Ernest
Hemingway to Cormac McCarthy, James Dickey, and Ron Rash, Morris's
prose brings readers deep into the uncertainties of a still-wild
southern landscape and of the frailties of the human heart yearning
for past and future alike while pulled along by the inescapable
current of the present. Best-selling writer and Story River Books
editor at large Pat Conroy provides a foreword to the novel.
General
Imprint: |
University of South Carolina Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
Story River Books |
Release date: |
September 2015 |
Authors: |
Eric Morris
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Foreword by: |
Pat Conroy
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 20mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
216 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-61117-543-1 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General
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LSN: |
1-61117-543-7 |
Barcode: |
9781611175431 |
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