ISBN: 9780375412394

In this powerful novelthe capstone to Richard Marius's illustrious careera gripping double murder propels the small, Bible-obsessed town of Bourbonville, Tennessee, into connection with t… Plus…

In this powerful novelthe capstone to Richard Marius's illustrious careera gripping double murder propels the small, Bible-obsessed town of Bourbonville, Tennessee, into connection with the wider society opening up in the years following World War II. At the center: Charles Alexander, twenty, groomed from birth by his mother to be a Baptist minister, teetering on the edge of his faith. In his last year of college, working late one night at the newspaper office, he accidentally witnesses the murders. The killer is Hope Kirby, World War II hero, member of a large mountain clan of farmers, who has discovered his wife's infidelity. Although Kirby's code of honor requires that he exact vengeance, it won't allow him to kill an innocent bystander, and Charles goes free, promising not to tell what he's seen. But Charles does tell, and we watch, fascinated, as a trial, an appeal, and a new terror unleashed on the countryside draw the entire county into the action. Among the people most closely involved: the skillful, overweight, hard-drinking lawyer for the defense; two Baptist preachersone liberal, one a strict constructionisteach with a secret to hide; a lady banker determinedly headed for troubâ?¤ a big-hearted good- old-boy sheriff; Charles's disturbingly freewheeling, freethinking sometime college girlfriend. Most importantly, we see the Kirby clan: Pappy, whose extraordinary patience, hard work, and self-reliance cause his hardscrabble farm to prosper until he's turned out by the coming of a national park; and the five Kirby sons, who are trying hard to make a new place for themselves in the town. As these and others play their parts in the affair of honor, we see Charles and the Kirbys begin to reexamine their dramatically opposing but equally encapsulated ways of viewing lifefundamentalist Christian and ancient "code of the hills." And as the novel draws to its climactic and satisfying close, we see themand finally the entire townprofoundly, permanently changed. Media > Book, [PU: Random House]<

ISBN: 0375412395

In this powerful novelthe capstone to Richard Marius's illustrious careera gripping double murder propels the small, Bible-obsessed town of Bourbonville, Tennessee, into connection with t… Plus…

In this powerful novelthe capstone to Richard Marius's illustrious careera gripping double murder propels the small, Bible-obsessed town of Bourbonville, Tennessee, into connection with the wider society opening up in the years following World War II. At the center: Charles Alexander, twenty, groomed from birth by his mother to be a Baptist minister, teetering on the edge of his faith. In his last year of college, working late one night at the newspaper office, he accidentally witnesses the murders. The killer is Hope Kirby, World War II hero, member of a large mountain clan of farmers, who has discovered his wife's infidelity. Although Kirby's code of honor requires that he exact vengeance, it won't allow him to kill an innocent bystander, and Charles goes free, promising not to tell what he's seen. But Charles does tell, and we watch, fascinated, as a trial, an appeal, and a new terror unleashed on the countryside draw the entire county into the action. Among the people most closely involved: the skillful, overweight, hard-drinking lawyer for the defense; two Baptist preachersone liberal, one a strict constructionisteach with a secret to hide; a lady banker determinedly headed for troub= a big-hearted good- old-boy sheriff; Charles's disturbingly freewheeling, freethinking sometime college girlfriend. Most importantly, we see the Kirby clan: Pappy, whose extraordinary patience, hard work, and self-reliance cause his hardscrabble farm to prosper until he's turned out by the contemporary,literary,literature and fiction,mystery thriller and suspense Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group<

ISBN: 9780375412394

Knopf. Hardcover. GOOD. Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Possible ex library copy… Plus…

Knopf. Hardcover. GOOD. Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Possible ex library copy, that’ll have the markings and stickers associated from the library. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included., Knopf<

ISBN: 0375412395

[EAN: 9780375412394], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: Knopf], Fiction|Historical, Gently used may contain ex-library markings, possibly has some minor highlighting, textual notations, and … Plus…

[EAN: 9780375412394], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: Knopf], Fiction|Historical, Gently used may contain ex-library markings, possibly has some minor highlighting, textual notations, and or underlining. Text is still easily readable.<