“In language reminiscent of Toni Morrison and William Faulkner,
Vernon weaves a powerful yet dreamlike story of our not-too-distant
past.”—Booklist There is a menace in the woods of Bullock County,
Mississippi, and not only for the black man destined to be lynched
when a white boy comes of age. The white men who work at the plant are
in danger, too, but they refuse to heed Earl Thomas’s urgent message
that the factory is slowly killing them, turning a deaf ear to the
black pastor. Thomas knows he should try to deliver the message again,
but he hears the blood of his murdered friend calling to him from the
ground, and fears that he will be the next black man to be dragged to
his death. Adam Pickens, a white boy now on the eve of his thirteenth
birthday, isn’t sure he wants to wear the garb being readied for him
by the Klan seamstress, or participate in the town’s horrific
ritual. It is only when Gill Mender—a man haunted by past
sins—returns that redemption seems possible. A transfixing and
pivotal work of fiction, A Killing in This Town exposes the fragile
hierarchy of a society poisoned by hatred, and shows the power of an
individual to stand up to the demons of history and bring the cycle of
violence to an end. “At once emotionally wrenching and rewarding to
read.”—The Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA)
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ISBN
9781555847531
Publisert
2014
Utgiver
Vendor
Grove Press (ORIM)
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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