A Land More Kind Than Home by Wiley Cash

A Land More Kind Than Home by Wiley Cash

In his phenomenal debut novel--a mesmerizing literary thriller about the bond between two brothers and the evil they face in a small North Carolina town--author Wiley Cash displays a remarkable talent for lyrical, powerfully emotional storytelling. A Land More Kind than Home is a modern masterwork of Southern fiction, reminiscent of the writings of John Hart (Down River), Tom Franklin (Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter), Ron Rash (Serena), and Pete Dexter (Paris Trout)--one that is likely to be held in the same enduring esteem as such American classics as To Kill a Mockingbird, Of Mice and Men, and A Separate Peace. A brilliant evocation of a place, a heart-rending family story, a gripping and suspenseful mystery--with A Land More Kind than Home, a major American novelist enthusiastically announces his arrival.

Wiley Cash is the author of A Place More Kind Than Home, This Dark Road to Mercy, and The Last Ballad, all of which have been New York Times bestsellers. He was a nominee for the PEN/Robert W. Woodward Prize and won the SIBA Book Award and the Conroy Legacy Award. He has been nominated for numerous awards, including the Bingham Prize and the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Novel. He is the Alumni Author-in-Residence at the University of North Carolina Asheville, and he is a native of North Carolina. He and his wife, photographer Mallory Cash, live in Wilmington, North Carolina, with their two daughters.