The Resurrectionists
The solitude of the Upper Michigan Peninsula is Michael Collins’s heart of darkness in this compelling story of the unquiet dead. Frank Cassidy’s parents burned to death almost thirty years ago; now his uncle is dead—shot by a mysterious stranger who lies in a coma in the local hospital....
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The solitude of the Upper Michigan Peninsula is Michael Collins’s heart of darkness in this compelling story of the unquiet dead. Frank Cassidy’s parents burned to death almost thirty years ago; now his uncle is dead—shot by a mysterious stranger who lies in a coma in the local hospital. Frank, working menial jobs to support his unfaithful wife and two children, heads north in a series of stolen cars to dispute his cousin’s claim to the family farm. Once there, Frank wants answers, but realizes that what he is searching for—and the promise of the American Dream—is quickly receding from his grasp. Brilliant and unsettling, The Resurrectionists is an ironic yet chilling display of American culture in the seventies and a compassionate novel about a man struggling to overcome the crimes and burdens of his past.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780143038221 (0143038222)
Publish date: October 3rd 2006
Publisher: Penguin
Pages no: 304
Edition language: English
More lovely observations, but Collins fails to keep the plot twist unsignalled.
Forgot to review this book. What really struck me was how well the author seemed to understand the life of a working class and rather amoral family trying to make their way through the World against all kinds of difficulties - I assumed until I read the authors bio afterwards that he must be America...