A Land More Kind Than Home
A Land More Kind Than Home
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A Land More Kind Than Home by Wiley Cash
'We never should've gone up there . . .' One Sunday, nine-year-old Jess Hall watches in horror as his autistic brother is smothered during a healing service in the mountains of North Carolina. The unimaginable violence that follows must be untangled by a local sheriff with his own tragic past. A Land More Kind Than Home is a spellbinding, heartbreaking story about cruelty and innocence, and the failure of religion and family to protect a child. It is a novel thick with stories and characters connected by faith, infidelity, and a sense of hope that is both tragic and unforgettable.
I think this could be the beginning of a long, fruitful career -- Ernest JGaines, author of A Lesson Before Dying and The Autobiography of Jane Pittman
One of the most powerful novels I have ever read -- Fred Chappell, author of I Am One of You Forever and Brighten the Corner Where You Are
Electrifying debut * Financial Times *
Cash's debut novel (A Land More Kind Than Home) is a chilling descent into the world of religious frenzy in small town North Carolina. The languid atmosphere seduces, and Cash's fine first effort pulls the reader into a shadowy, tormented world where wolves prowl in the guise of sheep * Publishers' Weekly *
Mesmerizing first novel... intensely felt and beautifully told * The New York Times *
One of the most powerful novels I have ever read -- Fred Chappell, author of I Am One of You Forever and Brighten the Corner Where You Are
Electrifying debut * Financial Times *
Cash's debut novel (A Land More Kind Than Home) is a chilling descent into the world of religious frenzy in small town North Carolina. The languid atmosphere seduces, and Cash's fine first effort pulls the reader into a shadowy, tormented world where wolves prowl in the guise of sheep * Publishers' Weekly *
Mesmerizing first novel... intensely felt and beautifully told * The New York Times *
Wiley Cash is from western North Carolina, a region that features prominently in his writing. His first novel, A Land More Kind than Home, won the CWA John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger award for Best First Novel 2012. His second novel, A Dark Road to Mercy, was the winner of the 2014 Gold Dagger 'Crime Novel of the Year' Award.
Wiley teaches an MFA in fiction and non-fiction at Southern New Hampshire University. He lives with his wife and daughter in West Virginia.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780857520807 |
| ISBN 10 | 0857520806 |
| Title | A Land More Kind Than Home |
| Author | Wiley Cash |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Publisher | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Year published | 2012-03-29 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Prizes | Winner of CWA John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger for First Novels 2012 (UK) |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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