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North
Combining the pace of a detective story with the bold prose of a master storyteller, North is both an adventure and a pilgrimage. Alone and haunted by memories of his dead wife and child, Jack--who prowled the backwaters of Girls--returns to upstate New York from the Carolina coast, where he has been working as a security guard. A New York lawyer hires him to find her missing nephew, last seen in the area of Jack's northern hometown. His search gradually uncovers a dark underside of rural life and a cast of dangerous characters. Jack is besieged by memories as he uncovers a brutal crime and finds himself in a turbulent relationship with a treacherous woman. In trying to save another's life, Jack must relive his own; memory, obsession, and reality fuse; and Jack discovers the truth of Faulkner's observation that "the past is not really past; it's not even over."
Book Details
- Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
- Publish Date: May 1st, 2005
- Pages: 306
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 9.21in - 6.14in - 0.69in - 1.04lb
- EAN: 9780393350081
- Categories: • Thrillers - Suspense• Literary• Mystery & Detective - General
About the Author
Busch, Frederick: - Frederick Busch (1941-2006) was the recipient of many honors, including an American Academy of Arts and Letters Fiction Award, a National Jewish Book Award, and the PEN/Malamud Award. The prolific author of sixteen novels and six collections of short stories, Busch is renowned for his writing's emotional nuance and minimal, plainspoken style. A native of Brooklyn, New York, he lived most of his life in upstate New York, where he worked for forty years as a professor at Colgate University.
Praise for this book
"A damn good book . . . the sort that gets you quickly in its grip and keeps you there."
-The Washington Post Book World
"The much-anticipated sequel to Girls . . . With his spare, lyrical style straight out of Hemingway and Chandler, Frederick Busch has crafted another smart, big-hearted country noir."
-Stewart O'Nan, author of The Good Wife and The Night Country
"Busch's superb prose is mesmerizing; he evokes Jack's psychic turmoil perfectly with expert language. . . . a provocative look at one man's demons unleashed."
-Baltimore Sun
"With the restraint of a master storyteller, Busch unfolds before us a tightly spun tale of past secrets and sadnesses. . . . a tender and tough and wonderful book."
-Elizabeth Strout, author of Amy and Isabelle and Abide with Me
"A beautifully composed detective story."
-New York Sun
-The Washington Post Book World
"The much-anticipated sequel to Girls . . . With his spare, lyrical style straight out of Hemingway and Chandler, Frederick Busch has crafted another smart, big-hearted country noir."
-Stewart O'Nan, author of The Good Wife and The Night Country
"Busch's superb prose is mesmerizing; he evokes Jack's psychic turmoil perfectly with expert language. . . . a provocative look at one man's demons unleashed."
-Baltimore Sun
"With the restraint of a master storyteller, Busch unfolds before us a tightly spun tale of past secrets and sadnesses. . . . a tender and tough and wonderful book."
-Elizabeth Strout, author of Amy and Isabelle and Abide with Me
"A beautifully composed detective story."
-New York Sun