Purchase
An Arsonist's Guide to Writers' Homes in New England
Brock Clarke
Algonquin Books
September 2007
On Sale: September 4, 2007
305 pages
ISBN: 1565125517
EAN: 9781565125513
Hardcover
Add to Wish List
Fiction
As a teenager, it was never Sam Pulsifer's intention to
torch an American landmark, and he certainly never planned
to kill two people in the blaze. To this day, he still
wonders why that young couple was upstairs in bed in the
Emily Dickinson House after hours. After serving ten years in prison for his crime, Sam is
determined to put the past behind him. He fifinishes
college, begins a career, falls in love, gets married, has
two adorable kids, and buys a home. His low-profifile life
is chugging along quite nicely until the past comes crashing
through his front door. As the homes of Robert Frost, Edith Wharton, Herman
Melville, and Nathaniel Hawthorne, and even a replica of
Henry David Thoreau's cabin at Walden Pond, go up in smoke,
Sam becomes the number one suspect. Finding the real culprit
is the only way to clear his name—but sometimes there's a
terrible price to pay for the truth. An Arsonist's Guide to Writers' Homes in New England is a
tour de force—a novel disguised as a memoir, a mystery that
cloaks itself in humor, and an artful piece of literature
that bites the hand that breeds it.
Comments
No comments posted.
Registered users may leave comments.
Log in or register now!
| 
© 2003-2024 off-the-edge.net
all rights reserved Privacy Policy