Against the country
by Ben Metcalf
Country lifeFamiliesCity and town lifeFictionFamily lifeNew York Times reviewedFiction, family lifeFiction, coming of age
"Set in the Virginia pines, and overrun with failed parents, racist sex offenders, cast-off priests, and suicidal chickens, this novel challenges literary convention even as it attacks our national myth: that the rural naturally engenders good, while the urban breeds an inevitable sin"--Dust jacket flap.
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Book data: Open Library