Body of Knowledge

by Carol Dawson

Book Overview

Carol Dawson's outrageous second novel chronicles the decline and fall of a strange dynasty--from post-frontier Texas to the present day. It's the story of a secret war, of obsession, fear, loathing, and betrayal. But most of all, BODY OF KNOWLEDGE is the story of Victoria Grace Ransom, the story's 600-pound narrator, whose engrossing secret gradually reveals itself in a novel as big as all Texas. "Gorgeously crafted, intelligent and wholly original."--Los...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 156512054X
• ISBN13: 9781565120549
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
• Length: 471 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

beautifully written

Ms Dawson knows her subject and the reader is submerged in the mire of family complications of 20th century Texas. Captivated buy the author's voice, I lived for days with this family whose lives delve with generations of secrets and revenge. My only disappointment was the ending that seemed to wander off. I loved the language and loved the characters.