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Crossers
by Caputo, Philip
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine /Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0375411674
- ISBN 13
- 9780375411670
- Seller
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About This Item
New York: Knopf, 2009 2022-04-16. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine /Fine . Signed by Author. Signed on title-page by author; 1st printing, 8vo., 447 pp.. DJ complete in Mylar wraps. ; Well packaged in a box, ships with tracking.
Synopsis
From the acclaimed author of Acts of Faith ("A miracle . . . You can hardly conceive of a more affecting reading experience"--Houston Chronicle), a blistering new novel about the brutality and beauty of life on the Arizona-Mexico border and about the unyielding power of the past to shape our lives. Taking us from the turn of the twentieth century to our present day, from the impoverished streets of rural Mexico to the manicured lawns of suburban Connecticut, from the hot and dusty air of an isolated ranch to New York City in the wake of 9/11, Caputo gives us an impeccably crafted story about three generations of an Arizona family forced to confront the violence and loss that have become its inheritance.When Gil Castle loses his wife in the Twin Tower attacks, he retreats to his family's sprawling homestead in a remote corner of the Southwest. Consumed by grief, he has to find a way to live with his loss in this strange, forsaken part of the country, where drug lords have more power than police and violence is a constant presence. But it is also a world of vast open spaces, where Castle begins to rebuild his belief in the potential for happiness--until he starts to uncover the dark truths about his fearsome grandfather, a legacy that has been tightly shrouded in mystery in the years since the old man's death. When Miguel Espinoza shows up at the ranch, terrified after two friends were murdered in a border-crossing drug deal gone bad, Castle agrees to take him in. Yet his act of generosity sets off a flood of violence and vengeance, a fierce reminder of the fact that while he may be able to reinvent himself, he may never escape his history.Searingly dramatic, bold and timely, Crossers is Philip Caputo's most ambitious and brilliantly realized novel yet.From the Hardcover edition.
Reviews
On May 24 2012, Leopoldfuchs said:
If you want to give yourself a treat, if you think of Caputo as one of the best contemporary American authors, if you loved No Country for Old Men, then Caputo and this book are for you. I read Russel Banks, Richard Ford, Tom Mcguane,and Caputo. Rumor of War, Indian Country, The Voyage and Crossers, don't miss this one.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Resource for Art and Music Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 220416028
- Title
- Crossers
- Author
- Caputo, Philip
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0375411674
- ISBN 13
- 9780375411670
- Publisher
- Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2009 2022-04-16
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