The Kept
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Cornerstone
Published:23rd Oct '14
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How far would you go for your family, for love, for survival, for revenge? A debut novel of big skies, deep snow, and open wounds.
HOW FAR WOULD YOU GO FOR YOUR FAMILY, FOR LOVE, FOR REVENGE?
'Dark and mysterious ... As Caleb is forced into a brutal adulthood, he begins to uncover truths about his family he could never have anticipated, while Elspeth must confront secrets she has long kept hidden.
HOW FAR WOULD YOU GO FOR YOUR FAMILY, FOR LOVE, FOR REVENGE?
'Dark and mysterious ... reminiscent of Cormac McCarthy ... Sparse, elegant ... haunting.' New York Times
In the winter of 1897, Elspeth Howell returns home to her isolated farmstead to find her family brutally murdered. Only her twelve-year-old son, Caleb, survives.
Mother and son set out into the frozen wilderness to track down the men responsible for this horrific crime. Their search takes them to the ice-locked shores of Lake Erie, and a merciless town where violence abounds. As Caleb is forced into a brutal adulthood, he begins to uncover truths about his family he could never have anticipated, while Elspeth must confront secrets she has long kept hidden. Together, they discover the bond between mother and son may be their only hope for redemption.
A classily written crime novel that is also an atmospheric evocation of a bygone era. * The Sunday Times *
Darkly beautiful...The Kept is a rare blend of brutality and empathy, emotion and close observation. I thought at times of Cormac McCarthy's work and of the novels of David Vann. At other times it brought to mind Stef Penney's The Tenderness Of Wolves and Charles Frazier's Cold Mountain. But there's something wonderfully distinctive about The Kept... A literary page-turner of the highest calibre by a writer of serious talent. -- Jonathan Lee, author of JOY
Mysterious and compelling... James Scott has written a riveting and memorable debut novel. -- Tom Perrotta, author of The Leftovers
With its vivid sense of time and place, lyrical writing, and complex questions of what constitutes a family, The Kept is an outstanding debut by a bright new voice in fiction. -- Ron Rash, author of Serena and The Cove
Winter and discontent... Scott is the master of mood... Haunting' * New York Times Book Review *
ISBN: 9780099559047
Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 23mm
Weight: 256g
368 pages