Affliction

Fiction & Literature, Literary
Cover of the book Affliction by Russell Banks, Harper Perennial
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Author: Russell Banks ISBN: 9780062123145
Publisher: Harper Perennial Publication: January 17, 2012
Imprint: Harper Perennial Language: English
Author: Russell Banks
ISBN: 9780062123145
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Publication: January 17, 2012
Imprint: Harper Perennial
Language: English

Wade Whitehouse is an improbable protagonist for a tragedy. A well-digger and policeman in a bleak New Hampshire town, he is a former high-school star gone to beer fat, a loner with a mean streak. It is a mark of Russell Banks' artistry and understanding that Wade comes to loom in one's mind as a blue-collar American Everyman afflicted by the dark secret of the macho tradition. Told by his articulate, equally scarred younger brother, Wade's story becomes as spellbinding and inexorable as a fuse burning its way to the dynamite.

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Wade Whitehouse is an improbable protagonist for a tragedy. A well-digger and policeman in a bleak New Hampshire town, he is a former high-school star gone to beer fat, a loner with a mean streak. It is a mark of Russell Banks' artistry and understanding that Wade comes to loom in one's mind as a blue-collar American Everyman afflicted by the dark secret of the macho tradition. Told by his articulate, equally scarred younger brother, Wade's story becomes as spellbinding and inexorable as a fuse burning its way to the dynamite.

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