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The Resource All things cease to appear : a novel, Elizabeth Brundage

All things cease to appear : a novel, Elizabeth Brundage

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A dark, riveting, beautifully written book--by "a brilliant novelist," according to Richard Bausch--that combines noir and the Gothic in a story about two families entwined in their own unhappiness, with, at its heart, a gruesome and unsolved murder. Late one winter afternoon in upstate New York, George Clare comes home to find his wife killed and their three-year-old daughter alone--for how many hours?--in her room across the hall. He had recently, begrudgingly, taken a position at a nearby private college (far too expensive for local kids to attend) teaching art history, and moved his family into a tight-knit, impoverished town that has lately been discovered by wealthy outsiders in search of a rural idyll. George is of course the immediate suspect--the question of his guilt echoing in a story shot through with secrets both personal and professional. While his parents rescue him from suspicion, a persistent cop is stymied at every turn in proving Clare a heartless murderer. And three teenage brothers (orphaned by tragic circumstances) find themselves entangled in this mystery, not least because the Clares had moved into their childhood home, a once-thriving dairy farm. The pall of death is ongoing, and relentless; behind one crime there are others, and more than twenty years will pass before a hard kind of justice is finally served. A rich and complex portrait of a psychopath and a marriage, this is also an astute study of the various taints that can scar very different families, and even an entire community -- Publisher
Language
eng
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Edition
First Edition.
Extent
399 pages
Isbn
9781101875599
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All things cease to appear : a novel
Title
All things cease to appear
Title remainder
a novel
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Elizabeth Brundage
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Author
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Language
eng
Summary
A dark, riveting, beautifully written book--by "a brilliant novelist," according to Richard Bausch--that combines noir and the Gothic in a story about two families entwined in their own unhappiness, with, at its heart, a gruesome and unsolved murder. Late one winter afternoon in upstate New York, George Clare comes home to find his wife killed and their three-year-old daughter alone--for how many hours?--in her room across the hall. He had recently, begrudgingly, taken a position at a nearby private college (far too expensive for local kids to attend) teaching art history, and moved his family into a tight-knit, impoverished town that has lately been discovered by wealthy outsiders in search of a rural idyll. George is of course the immediate suspect--the question of his guilt echoing in a story shot through with secrets both personal and professional. While his parents rescue him from suspicion, a persistent cop is stymied at every turn in proving Clare a heartless murderer. And three teenage brothers (orphaned by tragic circumstances) find themselves entangled in this mystery, not least because the Clares had moved into their childhood home, a once-thriving dairy farm. The pall of death is ongoing, and relentless; behind one crime there are others, and more than twenty years will pass before a hard kind of justice is finally served. A rich and complex portrait of a psychopath and a marriage, this is also an astute study of the various taints that can scar very different families, and even an entire community -- Publisher
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Brundage, Elizabeth
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fiction
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  • Families
  • College teachers
  • Brothers
  • Cold cases (Criminal investigation)
  • Suspicion
  • Murder
  • Murder victims
  • Marital conflict
  • Detective and mystery stories
  • New York (State)
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adult
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All things cease to appear : a novel, Elizabeth Brundage
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volume
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rdacarrier
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text
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  • txt
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rdacontent
Control code
sky275224899
Dimensions
25 cm.
Edition
First Edition.
Extent
399 pages
Isbn
9781101875599
Lccn
2015024682
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unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Label
All things cease to appear : a novel, Elizabeth Brundage
Publication
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
sky275224899
Dimensions
25 cm.
Edition
First Edition.
Extent
399 pages
Isbn
9781101875599
Lccn
2015024682
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n

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