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Little, Brown and Company
August 2023
On Sale: August 8, 2023
Featuring: Jesuit Jesuit
784 pages
ISBN: 0316129372
EAN: 9780316129374
Kindle: B0BP2GJ2MR
Hardcover / e-Book
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An epic comedy about love, spirit, and the quest for transcendence in an anything-but-transcendent America, set amid the gorgeous landscapes of the American west: “A profound gift to readers” (Hank Lentfer) from the author of the perennial cult bestsellers The River Why and The Brothers K.
A random bolt from a DC-8 falls from the sky, killing a child and throwing the faith of a young Jesuit Jesuit into crisis. A boy’s mother dies on his fifth birthday, sparking a lifetime of repressed anger that he unleashes once a year in reckless duels with the Fate, God, or Power who let the coincidence happen. A young woman on a run in Seattle experiences a shooting star moment that pierces her with a love that will eventually help heal the Jesuit, the angry young man, and innumerable others.
The journeys of this unintentional menagerie carry them to the healing lands of Montana and a newly founded community—where nothing tastes better than Maker's Mark mixed with glacier ice, and nothing seems less likely than the soul-filling delight a troupe of spiritual refugees, urban sophisticates, road-weary musicians, and local cowboys begin to find in each other's company. &nbs p;
With Sun House, David James Duncan continues exploring the American search for meaning and love that he began in his acclaimed novels The River Why and The Brothers K.
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