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Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0525564217
ISBN-13
9780525564218
eBay Product ID (ePID)
11066397636
Product Key Features
Book Title
Caretaker : a Novel
Number of Pages
272 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2024
Topic
Small Town & Rural, Literary, Historical
Genre
Fiction
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
9.6 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5.1 in
Additional Product Features
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Trade
Reviews
"With each Ron Rash story, you expect flawed people trying desperately to survive against the odds, and a rich sense of place, and images that linger, and beautiful language that you catch yourself reading over and over. What you don''t always expect is a wicked plot. The Caretaker delivers all of the above in a story that becomes a race to the finish." -- John Grisham "With pulsing drama from the outset, The Caretaker can be hard to put down from one chapter to the next. Rash''s touch depicting the early 1950s in Appalachia also makes turning pages a pleasure. [ The Caretaker ] is crafted with the closely observed descriptions of Appalachian life that have marked [Rash''s] career. . . Rash has conjured a kind of rough-hewn Americana with his prose. He may be regionally focused in his fiction, but his works tap deep veins of human nature and national strife." -- The Associated Press "Potent and rewarding. . . Rash expertly and seamlessly ratchets up the suspense and melodrama. . . The lyrically nuanced prose faithfully evokes the Appalachian landscape, and Rash again showcases an ability to dig beneath the surface of his characters to expose their base desires and intentions. This is exactly the kind of humanitarian storytelling that fans have come to expect and savor from him." -- Publishers Weekly, Starred Review "[A] nimbly plotted, suspenseful romance with a twist--its titular hero is the third wheel...[The] novel''s bravura opening [is] a hand-to-hand combat scene that evokes James Dickey''s To the White Sea ... Rash writes with finesse and affection, as usual, of western North Carolina and its people. But the mood isn''t mere nostalgia--there''s a flint and an unflinching realism underneath, especially in his portrayal of the stalwart, utterly solid Blackburn Gant, that elevates the novel. Rash''s 20th book is among his best." -- Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review "Tantamount to a Shakespearean tragedy in rhythm, scope and dynamic. . . The Caretaker stands shoulder-to-shoulder with the multiple award-winning books in Ron Rash''s impressive body of work." -- New York Journal of Books "Master storyteller Rash ( In the Valley , 2020) returns with a tale of friendship, love, and betrayal set in his beloved Appalachia...In lyrical, understated prose, Rash explores themes of devotion, deception, and family ties in this unforgettable story that will appeal to fans of Alice Munro and William Kent Krueger." -- Booklist "Ron Rash is one of the South''s most beloved storytellers, and his latest novel doesn''t disappoint. Set in 1950s Blowing Rock, North Carolina, The Caretaker is a heartfelt tale about a love triangle between Jacob, the son of a wealthy family who shuns him when he marries Naomi, an uneducated hotel maid, and his friend Blackburn, the disfigured caretaker of the town cemetery." -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution "Splendid in its evocation of time and place. [Rash] is a writer who never sets out to impress but is always impressive. There are novels you enjoy and forget. Ron Rash is one whose books always invite a second reading; they are true to life, to experience and imagination - rich treasure. The Caretaker is one of his best" --Allan Massie, The Scotsman "Thrilling . . . In [The Caretaker] the outcast has a heart of gold, teenage love is true love and, like the goods on display at Weaver''s Hardware, everything finds its right place" Times Literary Supplement "Hard to put down . . . [Ron Rash] may be regionally focused in his fiction, but his works tap deep veins of human nature and national strife" Independent "Ron Rash is a vivid chronicler of deprived rural America . . . There is a taut, atmospheric melodrama . . . at the heart of this book" The Times "If it''s a gripping yarn you''re after, look no further than this stirring tale of intergenerational deceit set in small-town America during the Korean war" Daily Mail
Dewey Edition
23/eng/20230911
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813/.54
Synopsis
From award-winning author Ron Rash ("One of the great American authors at work today" -- The New York Times ) comes a breathtaking love story and a searing examination of the acts we seek to justify in the name of duty, family, honor, and love. "With each Ron Rash story, you expect flawed people trying desperately to survive against the odds, and a rich sense of place...What you don't always expect is a wicked plot. The Caretaker delivers all of the above in a story that becomes a race to the finish." --John Grisham Blowing Rock, North Carolina, 1951. Blackburn Gant, his life irrevocably altered by a childhood case of polio, seems condemned to spend his life among the dead as the sole caretaker of a hilltop cemetery. It suits his withdrawn personality, and the inexplicable occurrences that happen from time to time rattle him less than interactions with the living. But when his only friend, the kind but impulsive Jacob Hampton, is conscripted to serve overseas, Blackburn is charged with caring for Jacob's wife, Naomi, as well. Jacob and Naomi's elopement has scandalized the community and angered Jacob's parents. Shunned by the townsfolk for their differences and equally fearful that Jacob may never come home from the war, Blackburn and Naomi grow closer, even as a stunning betrayal shatters familial bonds. A profound examination of friendship and rivalry as well as a riveting story of unfolding deceit, The Caretaker brilliantly depicts the human capacity for empathetic compassion and selfish destruction, all justified as acts of love.
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