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Synopsis
A Prayer for the Dying is Stewart O'Nan's most astounding achievement yet, a sunlit Gothic painted in shimmering prose that darkens the further you go into it, until, as in the best Poe and Flannery O'Connor, there is no turning back.Set in a leafy Wisconsin town just after the Civil War, A Prayer for the Dying opens harmlessly on a languid summer day; only slowly do events reveal themselves as sinister, blooming gently into a shared nightmare, as one neighbor after another succumbs to a creeping, always fatal disease. Our sole witness to this epidemic is Jacob Hansen, Friendship's sheriff, undertaker, and pastor. As the disease engulfs the town, Jacob must find a humane way to govern, as well as take care of his wife and baby daughter, though there seems no way to save those he loves short of calling a full quarantine and boarding up the sick in their houses. And what of the tramps slipping nightly through the tinder-dry woods, the spiritualists from the city camped on the edge of town with their charismatic leader Chase? Who-will bury the dead properly, if not Jacob?Dark, poetic, and chilling, A Prayer for the Dying asks if it's possible to be a good man in a time of madness. It confirms what some readers have known all along: Stewart O'Nan is not merely one of the best young novelists in America, but one of the finest novelists of our time.
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"A cross between Steven Crane and Stephen King...O'Nan is certainly among thestrongest American writers of his generation."--Peter McCarthy, "The Washington""Post Book World""A fine, terse novel about the circumstantial nature of evil and the terriblefragility of man."--Patrick McGrath, "The New York Times Book Review""A sad and chilling novel...It will make readers shudder and think and marvel ata writer's creation of an alien world that seems so real.--Bob Minzesheimer, "USA""Today""This urgent, economically told novel grabs you at the start and never lets up.O'Nan's novel is beautiful testimony to profound truths."--Dan Cryer, "Newsday""A gripping work of raw power...["A Prayer for the Dying"] is a rare piece of fiction--viscerally real and wholly discomfiting, but a work so frightfully well done that it must be read."--Robin Vidimos, "The Denver Post"
"A cross between Stephen Crane and Stephen King . . . O'Nan is certainly among the strongest Americanwriters of his generation."--Peter McCarthy, "The Washington Post Book World
""A fine, terse novel about the circumstantial nature of evil and the terrible fragility of man."--Patrick McGrath, "The New York Times Book Review "
"Will make readers shudder and think and marvel at a writer's creation of an alien world that seems so real."--Bob Minzesheimer, "USA Today"
"A cross between Stephen Crane and Stephen King . . . O'Nan is certainly among the strongest Americanwriters of his generation."--Peter McCarthy, "The Washington Post Book World
""A fine, terse novel about the circumstantial nature of evil and the terrible fragility of man."--Patrick McGrath, "The New York Times Book Review "
"Will make readers shudder and think and marvel at a writer's creation of an alien world that seems so real."--Bob Minzesheimer, "USA Today "
A cross between Stephen Crane and Stephen King . . . O'Nan is certainly among the strongest Americanwriters of his generation. "Peter McCarthy, The Washington Post Book World"
A fine, terse novel about the circumstantial nature of evil and the terrible fragility of man. "Patrick McGrath, The New York Times Book Review"
Will make readers shudder and think and marvel at a writer's creation of an alien world that seems so real. "Bob Minzesheimer, USA Today""
"A cross between Stephen Crane and Stephen King . . . O'Nan is certainly among the strongest Americanwriters of his generation." --Peter McCarthy, The Washington Post Book World
"A fine, terse novel about the circumstantial nature of evil and the terrible fragility of man." --Patrick McGrath, The New York Times Book Review
"Will make readers shudder and think and marvel at a writer's creation of an alien world that seems so real." --Bob Minzesheimer, USA Today
About the Author
Stewart O'Nan's novels include Last Night at the Lobster, The Night Country, and Prayer for the Dying. His novel Snow Angels was the basis of the 2007 film of the same name. He is also the author of the nonfiction books The Circus Fire and, with Stephen King, the bestselling Faithful. Granta named him one of the Twenty Best Young American Novelists. He lives in Pittsburgh.
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