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The Underworld 8211 A Novel
Kevin Canty
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Description for The Underworld 8211 A Novel
hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages. Dimension: 218 x 150. Weight in Grams: 410.
In The Underworld, Kevin Canty tells a story inspired by the facts of a disastrous fire that took place in an isolated silver mining town in Idaho in the 1970s, in which almost everyone in town lost a friend, a lover, a brother, or a husband. The Underworld imagines the fates of a handful of fictional survivors and their loved ones—Jordan, a young widow with twin children; David, a college student trying to make a life for himself in another town; Lionel, a lifelong hard-rock miner—as they struggle to come to terms with the loss. It’s a tough, hard-working, hard-drinking ... Read more
In The Underworld, Kevin Canty tells a story inspired by the facts of a disastrous fire that took place in an isolated silver mining town in Idaho in the 1970s, in which almost everyone in town lost a friend, a lover, a brother, or a husband. The Underworld imagines the fates of a handful of fictional survivors and their loved ones—Jordan, a young widow with twin children; David, a college student trying to make a life for himself in another town; Lionel, a lifelong hard-rock miner—as they struggle to come to terms with the loss. It’s a tough, hard-working, hard-drinking ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Language
English
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Publisher
WW Norton
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780393293050
SKU
V9780393293050
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About Kevin Canty
Kevin Canty is the author of four novels and three short story collections and has been published in The New Yorker, Esquire, GQ, and the New York Times Magazine. He currently teaches at the University of Montana in Missoula.
Reviews for The Underworld 8211 A Novel
"An excellent and terse account of a devastating mine fire in Idaho in 1972…taut stretches of introspection and screenplay-ready dialogue [reveal] characters acting against their own best interests…Canty honors labor and thoughtfully challenges the commitment the townspeople make to the thing that is so clearly ruining them."
New York Times Book Review "If you haven't spent an evening or ... Read more
New York Times Book Review "If you haven't spent an evening or ... Read more