"Lauren Groff's debut novel, The Monsters of Templeton, is
everything a reader might have expected from this gifted writer,
and more . . . There are monsters, murders, bastards, and
ne'er-do-wells almost without number. I was sorry to see this rich
and wonderful novel come to an end."
--Stephen King
"Lauren Groff hits a home run in her first at-bat, with a novel
that is intriguingly constructed and compulsively readable."
--Denver Post
"Groff's multilayered saga both thrills and delights with
poignant, breathtaking prose."
--Entertainment Weekly (A)
"The Monsters of Templeton, a fascinating first novel by Lauren
Groff, is a book with joy in its marrow--fabulous."
--San Francisco Chronicle
In the wake of a wildly disastrous affair with her married
archaeology professor, Willie Upton arrives on the doorstep of her
ancestral home in storybook Templeton, New York, looking to hide in
the one place to which she swore she'd never come back. As soon as
she arrives, though, a prehistoric monster surfaces in Lake
Glimmerglass, changing the very fabric of the town. What's more,
Willie's hippie-turned-born-again-Baptist mother, Vi, tells her a
secret she's been hiding for nearly thirty years: that Willie's
father wasn't the random man from a free-love commune that Vi had
led her to imagine, but someone else entirely. Someone from this
very town. As Willie puts her archaeological skills to work digging
for the truth about her lineage, she discovers that the secrets of
her family run deep when past and present blur, dark mysteries come
to light, and the shocking truth about more than one monster is
revealed.
General
| Imprint: |
Windmill Books
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Release date: |
July 2009 |
| First published: |
June 2009 |
| Authors: |
Lauren Groff
|
| Dimensions: |
198 x 130 x 35mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback - B-format
|
| Pages: |
480 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-09-951572-2 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
|
| LSN: |
0-09-951572-5 |
| Barcode: |
9780099515722 |
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