The keepers of truth
a novel
1st Scribner Paperback Fiction ed.
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Author
Publication
2001 - Scribner Paperback Fiction, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
77,500 words, Guess
Page Count
310 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL3941952M
- ISBN-100743218035
- OCLC Control Number45917134
- OCLC Control Numberkeepersoftruthno00coll
- Library of Congress Control Number2001020326
and 2 more
- Goodreads693411
- LibraryThing232316
Classifications
- DDC823/.914
- LCCPR6053.O4263 K44 2001
Description
"The last of a manufacturing dynasty in a dying industrial town, Bill lives alone in the family mansion and works for the Truth, the moribund local paper. He yearns to write long philosophical pieces about the American dream gone sour, not the flaccid write-ups of bake-off contests demanded by the Truth. Then, old man Lawton goes missing, and suspicion fixes on his son, Ronny. Paradoxically, the specter of violent death breathes new life into the town. For Bill, a deeper and more disturbing involvement with the Lawtons ensues. The Lawton murder and the obsessions it awakes in the town come to symbolize the mood of a nation on the edge."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects
Genres
- Fiction.
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