After the Race (Paperback)

After the Race recounts the unraveling of the family Reed. and the raw, serpentine trails the father-son pair of Wayne-an Army Special Forces veteran whose reckless pursuit of contentment propels the story-and Charles-a gifted runner whose effortless successes on the track contrast his struggles everywhere else-blaze through, over and around Wayne's worsening alcoholism and deteriorating mental health. The plot ricochets between vaulted ceilings-an enormous financial windfall, near misses on distance running records, romance and reunion-and concrete basement floors-arrests, bar-fights, accidents, near-death experiences, the Blizzard of 1993, and the collapse of North American Honeybee populations. The result is a character-driven exploration of the tension between appetite and restraint, between gunpowder and glue, set deep in Virginia apple country, along the northern rim of the Shenandoah Valley.

General

Imprint:	Michael B Jones
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	March 2014
First published:	March 2014
Authors:	Michael B. Jones
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	440
ISBN-13:	978-0-9888864-0-7
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction
LSN:	0-9888864-0-5
Barcode:	9780988886407

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