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The Keepers of Truth
The last of a manufacturing dynasty in a dying industrial town, Bill lives alone in the family mansion and works for the Truth, the moribund local paper. He yearns to write long philosophical pieces about the American dream gone sour, not the flaccid write-ups of bake-off contests demanded by the Truth. Then, old man Lawton goes missing, and suspicion fixes on his son, Ronny. Paradoxically, the specter of violent death breathes new life into the town. For Bill, a deeper and more disturbing involvement with the Lawtons ensues. The Lawton murder and the obsessions it awakes in the town come to symbolize the mood of a nation on the edge. Compulsively readable, The Keepers of Truth startles both with its insights and with Collins's powerful, incisive writing.
Book Details
- Publisher: University of Iowa Press
- Publish Date: Oct 1st, 2021
- Pages: 328
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 8.20in - 5.50in - 1.00in - 0.70lb
- EAN: 9781609388041
- Categories: • Literary• Mystery & Detective - General
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About the Author
Michael Collins was born in Limerick, Ireland, and is a world-class distance runner. He won the North and South Pole Marathon and Everest Marathon, and would go on to win a bronze medal at the World Championships in the 100k. His work has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize, won the Kerry Ingredients Book of the Year Award, awarded a Pushcart Prize, and has been translated into several languages. Collins lives in South Bend, Indiana.
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Praise for this book
"A bravura performance . . . a delightfully tongue-in-cheek look not only at small-town America but also the intricacies of the human spirit."--Colum McCann, author, This Side of Brightness
"The Keepers of Truth is a thunderous, magnificent, apocalyptic piece of prose; at once a requiem for America and an indictment of its recent past."--Robert Macfarlane, The Guardian
"Thoroughly edgy, thoroughly, enjoyable, The Keepers of Truth is an impressive performance from a rich and unpredictable talent."--The Irish Times