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Driftless by David Rhodes

When David Rhodes's first three novels were published in the mid-seventies, he was acclaimed as one of the best eyes in recent fiction (John Gardner), and compared favorably to Sherwood Anderson. In 1976, a motorcycle accident left him paralyzed from the chest down, and unpublished for the subsequent three decades.

Driftless heralds a triumphant return to the Midwestern landscape Rhodes knows so well, offering a fascinating and entirely unsentimental portrait of a town apparently left behind by the march of time. At once intimate and funny, wise and generous, Driftless is an unforgettable story of contemporary life in rural America.

The few hundred souls who inhabit Words, Wisconsin, are an extraordinary cast of characters. The middle-aged couple who zealously guards their farm from a scheming milk cooperative. The lifelong invalid, crippled by conflicting emotions about her sister. A cantankerous retiree, haunted by childhood memories after discovering a cougar in his haymow. The former drifter who forever alters the ties that bind a community. In his first novel in 30 years, David Rhodes offers a vivid and unforgettable look at how each life affects many.
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ISBN 13 9781571310590
ISBN 10 1571310592
Title Driftless
Author David Rhodes
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Publisher Milkweed Editions
Year published 2008-09-01
Number of pages 352
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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