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From the Whiting Award--winning writer John McManus comes a debut
novel of startling originality and mystery. The son of an unknown
father and an ostracized mother, and the next of kin in a long line
of bastard relatives, nine-year-old Loren Garland lives a life of
subtle mystery beneath the shadow of an East Tennessee mountain. It
is on his family's broken-down estate that Loren's imagination
grows, and with it, the extraordinary voice of Bitter Milk---a
young boy named Luther, who may be Loren's imaginary friend, his
conscience, or his evil twin. And yet outside the puzzle of Loren's
brain, there are the darker goings-on of his family: his mother,
who wishes she were a man; his new uncle, who plans to develop the
Garland land into real estate; and his withered grandfather, who
holds the clan together through truculence and fear. When his
mother disappears, Loren must set out on a quest of his own
devising, tossing aside the trappings of youth in order to discover
the truth of the world.
Advance Praise for Bitter Milk
"An impressive follow-up to his two striking collections of
stories, the brilliant, mordant Bitter Milk consolidates John
McManus's place as one of the most powerful and original American
writers of the twenty-first century."---Madison Smartt Bell, author
of "The Stone That the Builder Refused"
"This mysterious, almost phantasmagoric, debut novel is reminiscent
of Cormac McCarthy's The Orchard Keeper in its precociousness.
McManus writes with a wisdom and empathy that belies his youth.
Bitter Milk signals the arrival of an important new voice in
Southern literature."---Ron Rash, author of" One Foot in Eden" and"
Saints at the River"
John McManus was raisedin Blount County, Tennessee. The author of
the story collections "Born on a Train" and "Stop Breakin Down," he
became the youngest ever recipient of the Whiting Writers' Award in
2000. McManus currently divides his time between Tennessee and
Austin, Texas.
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Imprint: |
Picador USA
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
May 2005 |
First published: |
June 2005 |
Authors: |
John McManus
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Dimensions: |
218 x 141 x 13mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
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Pages: |
208 |
Edition: |
New |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-312-30193-4 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
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LSN: |
0-312-30193-6 |
Barcode: |
9780312301934 |
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