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Viking Adult
May 2007
On Sale: May 17, 2007
256 pages
ISBN: 0670038504
EAN: 9780670038503
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Suspense | Fiction
Award-winning short story writer Ron Carlson delivers a
stirring novel about three men confronting their pasts and
their purpose
Beloved story writer Ron
Carlson's first novel in thirty years, Five Skies is
the story of three men gathered high in the Rocky Mountains
for a construction project that is to last the summer.
Having participated in a spectacular betrayal in Los
Angeles, the giant, silent Arthur Key drifts into work as a
carpenter in southern Idaho. Here he is hired, along with
the shiftless and charming Ronnie Panelli, to build a stunt
ramp beside a cavernous void. The two will be led by Darwin
Gallegos, the foreman of the local ranch who is filled with
a primeval rage at God, at man, at life. As they endeavor
upon this simple, grand project, the three reveal themselves
in cautiously resonant, profound ways. And in a voice of
striking intimacy and grace, Carlson's novel reveals itself
as a story of biblical, almost spiritual force. A bellwether
return from one of our greatest craftsmen, Five Skies
is sure to be one of the most praised and cherished novels
of the year.
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