Synopsis
Sam Holladay shocks all who know him when he murders his neighbor, Simon Bell, but in a series of flashbacks, the motive for his crime, Simon's affair with his wife, is revealed. A first novel. Reprint.
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Review
Every word in this deeply resonant novel is pure gold.” The Washington Post Book World
A novel by a writer of the first rank.” Esquire
Spellbinding.” Redbook
In the lineage of writers such as Flannery O’Connor and Eudora Welty . . . Knight is without a doubt a new writer of considerable talent and promise.” San Francisco Chronicle
Potent . . . Confident . . . Written in lucid and unself-concious prose.” Wall Street Journal
A fresh, formidable talent.” Bookpage
About the Author
Michael Knight’s Divining Rod won the Fellowship of Southern Writers New Writing Award and the Dictionary of Literary Biography’s Best First Novel Award. Knight is also the author of the novel, The Typist; two collections of short fiction, Dogfight: And Other Stories and Goodnight, Nobody; and a collection of novellas, The Holiday Season. His fiction has appeared in publications such as Esquire, The New Yorker and Oxford American. He teaches creative writing at the University of Tennessee.
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ISBN 13: 9780452278950
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