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Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:Wade Whitehouse is an improbable protagonist for a tragedy. A well-digger and policeman in a bleak New Hampshire town, he is a former high-school star gone to beer fat, a loner with a mean streak. It is a mark of Russell Banks's artistry and understanding that Wade comes to loom in one's mind as a blue-collar American Everyman afflicted by the dark secret of the macho tradition. Told by his articulate, equally scarred younger brother, Wade's story becomes as spellbinding and inexorable as a fuse burning its way to the dynamite. Review:"Magnificently convincing...beautifully sustained, suspenseful." New York Times Book Review Review:"A masterwork of contemporary American fiction." Chicago Tribune Review:"Banks has taken on a profound theme, the ruinous and awful affliction of violence that seems to live like a secret blood-disease handed down in men like Wade....He turns it into a living art that can bring recognition and awe." L.A. Times Book Review Review:"A compelling portrait of a man...at once moving and disturbing." Michiko Kakutani, New York Times Review:"Everything about Affliction is impressive....[It] will not let go of you, I swear, until you turn the last page." Elmore Leonard About the AuthorRussell Banks, one of America's most prestigious fiction writers, is president of the International Parliament of Writers and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. His work has been translated into twenty languages and has received numerous international prizes and awards. He lives in upstate New York, and he is the New York State Author. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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