Where All Light Tends to Go by David Joy
THE INSPIRATION FOR THE MAJOR MOTION PICTURE DEVIL'S PEAK-starring Billy Bob Thornton, Robin Wright, Hopper Penn, and Jackie Earle Haley!In the country-noir tradition of Winter's Bone meets Breaking Bad, a savage and beautiful story of a young man seeking redemption-a finalist for the Edgar Award for Best First Novel.
The area surrounding Cashiers, North Carolina, is home to people of all kinds, but the world that Jacob McNeely lives in is crueler than most. His father runs a methodically organized meth ring, with local authorities on the dime to turn a blind eye to his dealings. Having dropped out of high school and cut himself off from his peers, Jacob has been working for this father for years, all on the promise that his payday will come eventually. The only joy he finds comes from reuniting with Maggie, his first love, and a girl clearly bound for bigger and better things than their hardscrabble town.
Jacob has always been resigned to play the cards that were dealt him, but when a fatal mistake changes everything, he's faced with a choice: stay and appease his father, or leave the mountains with the girl he loves. In a place where blood is thicker than water and hope takes a back seat to fate, Jacob wonders if he can muster the strength to rise above the only life he's ever known.
"Remarkable...This isn't your ordinary coming-of-age novel, but with his bone-cutting insights into these men and the region that bred them, Joy makes it an extraordinarily intimate experience."-Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times Book Review
"Lyrical, propulsive, dark and compelling. Joy knows well the grit and gravel of his world, the soul and blemishes of the place."-Daniel Woodrell
DAVID S.LOVEJOY is a history professor emeritus at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, where he worked from 1960 to 1983. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in science. Outstanding Bowdoin Educator Award in 1980) and a Ph.D. from Bowdoin College in 1941. In 1954, he graduated from Brown University. LOVEJOY has taught at universities such as Northwestern and Brown, as well as Marlboro College in Vermont.
She has held Guggenheim and Rockerfeller Foundation grants and was a Fulbright Lecturer in Scotland. Religious Enthusiasm in the New World: Heresy to Revolution is his book. His residence is in Madison, Wisconsin, as well as Oxfordshire, England.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780425279793 |
| ISBN 10 | 0425279790 |
| Title | Where All Light Tends to Go |
| Author | David Joy |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Putnam Publishing Group,U.S. |
| Year published | 2016-02-02 |
| Number of pages | 304 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for Edgar Award for Best First Novel 2016, Short-listed for Macavity Award 2016, Short-listed for SIBA Book Award 2016, Nominated for International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award 2017 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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