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Simon & Schuster
November 2009
On Sale: November 10, 2009
272 pages
ISBN: 1439135746
EAN: 9781439135747
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Literature and Fiction Literary
GIDEON PICKETT WAS BORN WITHOUT THE ABILITY TO SPEAK.
This has never bothered his father, Jubal. He understands
his son better than anybody, and though the boy has never
uttered a word, the two could be no closer. This Gideon is
no ordinary child: His powers of observation, strength, and
extraordinary threshold for pain make him almost
otherworldly, though to Jubal he's just a moody, hungry
sixteen-year-old kid. He would do anything for his boy. So,
in 1953, Jubal Pickett makes the decision to buy a red Ford
Flathead V-8 truck and travel with Gideon from Mississippi
to the desert canyon lands of Utah to strike it rich in
uranium prospecting. On their journey, they encounter
Abilene Breedlove, a country-girl-meets-femme-fatale. Jubal
is smitten. Abilene sees only opportunity, but she joyfully
jumps into her end of the bargain and climbs
aboard. Things begin to fall apart when they arrive in
Utah. While Jubal sets out on what most consider to be a
fool's errand, Abilene fi nds herself a job and Jack Savage.
Jack is handsome, mysterious, rich, and powerful -- all
qualities Abilene fi nds irresistible. He cuts Jubal in on a
claim he owns in order to get the man out of town as fast as
possible so that he can begin aggressively pursuing the
intoxicating Abilene. It's not long before the situation
gets out of hand. Watching Gideon is at once a
poignant, moving portrait of a nearly supernatural bond
between father and son, a snapshot of America's rugged,
gritty history, and a fast-paced story of lust, greed, and
self-satisfaction. Filled with humor, adventure, sex, and
intrigue, it is the textured, incredible, stark tale of the
cost of an American dream pursued.
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