Lord of the Barnyard: Killing the Fatted Calf and Arming the Aware in the Corn Belt - Egolf, Tristan
killing the fatted calf and arming the aware in the Corn Belt
KORTE INHOUD
Tristan Egolf's first novel is an unsparing view of life in a town where inbred Appalachia and Middle America overlap and intermingle. John Kaltenbrunner, an only child, is born on the heels of his father's death. At an unusually early age, the boy shows a flair for farming and a desire to be left alone, two things that make people pick on him in increasingly vicious ways. John's life plan is to drop out of school when he hits 16 and mind his own business. But he loses everything, alienates everyone, and through a series of increasingly outrageous mishaps winds up serving three years work-release felony time on a river barge. When he comes home to Baker, no one recognizes him:
John had expected, maybe even hoped for, a little something more to herald his arrival--some burning crosses or lynch mobs on the lawn, a coven of Methodists to picket his re-entry, a banner-wielding committee from the school board, anything at all. But to his disbelief, he found the streets quiet and empty.
The streets don't stay that wa...
John had expected, maybe even hoped for, a little something more to herald his arrival--some burning crosses or lynch mobs on the lawn, a coven of Methodists to picket his re-entry, a banner-wielding committee from the school board, anything at all. But to his disbelief, he found the streets quiet and empty.
The streets don't stay that wa...
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1998, hardcover with dust jacket, 2 toned paper, edge stained, fairly good copy [Auteur: Egolf, Tristan] [Taal: en] [Uitgever: Picador] [Jaar: 1998] [Titel: Lord of the Barnyard: Killing the Fatted Calf and Arming the Aware in the Corn Belt]
