East of Denver

by Gregory Hill

Book Overview

Mixing pathos and humor in equal measure, East of Denver is an unflinching novel of rural America, a poignant, darkly funny tale about a father and son finding their way together as their home and livelihood inexorably disappears. When Stacey "Shakespeare" Williams arrives at his family's farm in eastern Colorado to bury a dead cat, he finds his widowed and senile father, Emmett living in squalor. He has no money, the land is fallow, and a local banker...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0525952799
• ISBN13: 9780525952794
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: Dutton Books
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.9" x 8.4"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher