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Book SynopsisTrade Review"From the opening image of a 'windmill slowly clanking in a wobbly circle' to the sublime final sentence, Jonis Agee's The Bones of Paradise is a beautifully written epic that seamlessly intertwines a family's history with a region's, and, ultimately, with a nation's. This is an ambitious novel." -- Ron Rash, New York Times bestselling author of Above the Waterfall "A deceptively leisurely, intensely heart-rending historical about greed and love gone wrong ... Rose and Dulcinea are women strong enough to cow John Wayne...[in] this sexy, violent, intricate Western." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "Deadwood has nothing on Nebraska's Sand Hills. Jonis Agee serves up a gritty, bloody romance set a decade after Wounded Knee. Half murder mystery and half family saga, The Bones of Paradise is a spirited reweaving of history." -- Stewart O'Nan, bestselling author of A Prayer for the Dying "The finest western novel since Lonesome Dove, Jonis Agee's The Bones of Paradise is an epic saga with elements of a Greek tragedy." -- New York Journal of Books "A beautiful writer, [Agee is] back with a multigenerational saga set in the Nebraska Sand Hills-this is Cormac McCarthy country-in the years after the massacre at Wounded Knee. Agee has created indelible characters and a story that will stay with you for a long time." -- San Antonio Express-News "The Bones of Paradise is about the way those we love can bring us a new language and help us make it ours, and in so doing teach us how to ride in concert with the world." -- Jim Shepard, award-winning author of The Book of Aron "Agee's fast-paced narrative resembles the expansive prose of Larry McMurtry. Her lyrical writing and attention to detail evoke comparisons to Annie Proulx... A captivating tale of life-and death-in the old American West." -- BookPage "A haunting tale ... Agee brilliantly interweaves two stories of loss, guilt, and vengeance, which play out against the vivid backdrop of the [Nebraska] Sand Hills ... Beautifully rendered and thought-provoking." -- Booklist (starred review) "The Bones of Paradise is part noir, part Western, and all kinds of good ... a remarkable tale of greed and violence ... Jonis Agee is a master novelist." -- Dallas Morning News
