Edson, a novel by Morrissey, Bill - 1996

Alfred A Knopf., 1996. First edition. Stated 1st edition.. Hard cover. Fine in very good dust jacket. Minor soiling to jacket.. 1 237 p. Gray textured and tan paper over boards. 21 cm. Audience: General/trade. Set in fictional Edson, New Hampshire, a small hardscrabble mill town, the bittersweet theme harkens to the power of music and the resilience of the human heart. This is the first novel by New England recording troubadour Bill Morrissey. Featured player is character Henry Corvine, who as a promising young musician left Edson, returning 15 years later after broken promises. New leadership shares hard-won success, and a new path is ahead, written on the end flap about this work, "incisively humane, lyrically spare, and emotionally rich...in this weathered working-class landscape".