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Book SynopsisDiscover this extraordinary and beautiful novel from one of America's greatest novelists.
In rural Illinois two tenant farmers share much, finally too much, until jealously leads to murder and suicide.
Trade ReviewOne of the great books of our age. It is the subtlest of miniatures that contains our deepest sorrows and truths and love - all caught in a clear, simple style in perfect brushstrokes -- Michael Ondjaate
A truly extraordinary novel... Maxwell has tapped a vein of strange, pure emotion -- Philip Hensher * Mail on Sunday *
So magically deft at being profound...possesses that daunting quality impossible to emulate: it makes greatness seem simple -- Richard Ford
Maxwell does something all great novelists do: he conjures depths of pain and regret in words of radiant simplicity -- Anthony Quinn * Observer *
This calm, reflective and extraordinarily beautiful novel offers American fiction at its finest * Irish Times *
