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With comparisons to Flaubert, Chekhov, and Faulkner, O. Henry Award-winner John Biguenet earned wide acclaim for his debut short-story collection, The Torturer's Apprentice. In his astonishing first novel, Oyster, he demonstrates the same mastery of craft and rigor of vision that led critics... read more
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“But for the first time, shifting his weight from foot to foot on the deck as the sea picked up into swells, the young man began to grasp how delicate a balance held everything together and how a single act of destruction could precipitate a catastrophe, rippling like a red tide into the farthest backwaters.”
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The muffled slap of the paddle against the black water betrayed Horse's impatience as the pirogue nosed into Petitjean's bayou, clinging to the darkness of the overhanging trees along the bank.
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- John Biguenet (Author)
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Original Language: English
Publisher: Harper Collins
Country: United States of America
Publication Date: 2002
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Publisher: Harper Collins
Country: United States of America
Publication Date: 2002
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- Dewey: 813.54
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