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Compared by critics to William Faulkner and Cormac McCarthy, Jeffrey Lent’s In the Fall is the most stunning debut to come along in years. Ambitious in scope and passionately executed, this epic novel is the rarest of things: a truly moving, emotionally honest, and intellectually satisfying... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Norman Pelham: Union soldier in the Civil War, husband of Lea, father of Abigail, Prudence, and Jamie
- Leah Pelham: African American, former slave, wife of Norman, mother of Abigail, Prudence, and Jamie
- Abigail Pelham: Daughter of Norman and Leah
- Prudence Pelham: Daughter of Norman and Leah
- Jamie Pelham: Son of Norman and Leah, father of Foster
- Foster Pelham: Son of Jamie Pelham, grandson of Norman and Leah
- Alexander Mebane: Add a description of this character.
- Joey
- Scully
- Peter
- Marthe Ballou
- Edgar Sloane
- Patrick Jackson
- Pompelli
- Estus Terry
- Abby
- Glen
- Daphne
- Sinclair
- Sammy
- Spencer
- Victor
- Claire
- Shelton
- Helen
- Randolph
- Carrick
- Henri
- Tommy
- Mama
- Whitefield
- Buchanan
- Dodge
- Lee
- Eric
- Mc Carson
- Lester
- Breedlove
- Gumsey
- Godchaux
First Sentence edit
"THE BOY'S GRANDFATHER came down off the hill farm above the Bethel road south of Randolph early in the summer of 1862, leaving behind his mother and the youngest girl still at home along with a dwindling flock of Merino sheep and a slowly building herd of "
Series & Lists edit
This book is in Vintage Contemporaries. (standard series)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Jeffrey Lent (Author)
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Page Count: 528
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- Dewey: 813.54
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