Red Sky at Morning by Richard Bradford

Red Sky at Morning by Richard Bradford

Hailed by the Washington Post Book World as a sort of Catcher in the Rye out West, and by Harper Lee as a work of art, Richard Bradford's Red Sky at Morning is the classic coming-of-age story set during World War I about the enduring spirit of youth and the values in life that count.

In the summer of 1944, Frank Arnold, a wealthy shipbuilder in Mobile, Alabama, receives his volunteer commission in the U.S. Navy and moves his wife, Ann, and seventeen-year-old son, Josh, to the family's summer home in the village of Corazon Sagrado, high in the New Mexico mountains. A true daughter of the Confederacy, Ann finds it impossible to cope with the quality of life in the largely Hispanic village and, in the company of Jimbob Buel--an insufferable, South-proud, professional houseguest--takes to bridge and sherry. Josh, on the other hand, becomes an integral member of the Sagrado community, forging friendships with his new classmates, with the town's disreputable resident artist, and with Amadeo and Excilda Montoya, the couple hired by his father to care for their house.

Josh narrates the story of his fateful year in Sagrado and, with deadpan, irreverent humor, reveals the events and people who influence his progress to maturity. Unhindered by his mother's disdain for these tacky, dusty little Westerners, Josh comes into his own and into a young man's finely formed understanding of duty, responsibility, and love.

--New York Times Book Review

Bradford, Richard: - Richard Bradford is Research Professor in English at Ulster University and Visiting Professor at the University of Avignon. He has published over thirty acclaimed books, including a biography of Philip Larkin, which was an Independent Book of the Year; the authorised biography of Alan Sillitoe; a life of Kingsley Amis; and a biography of Kingsley's son, Martin. He has written for the Spectator and the Sunday Times and has been interviewed on his work for various BBC Radio Arts programmes, as well as appearing on the Channel 4 series Writers in their Own Words. His The Importance of Elsewhere, on Larkin the photographer, inspired a BBC TV programme and, most recently, his biography Orwell was given five stars as an 'excellent new biography' by The Telegraph.

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ISBN 13	9780060913618
ISBN 10	0060913614
Title	Red Sky at Morning
Author	Richard Bradford
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Harpercollins
Year published	1986-09-01
Number of pages	256
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.