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Description edit
Fielding Pierce, the narrator of this novel, "has lived his life according to a strict master plan that should guarantee him a shot at Congress before he turns 40. When a freespirited young woman falls in love with him, he isastounded at his unexpected luck. But then she is murdered while... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Sarah Williams: Add a description of this character.
- Danny
- Caroline
- Isaac Green
- Mileski
- Kim
- Jerry Carmichael
- Father Stanton
- Gisela
- Tony Dayton
- Bertelli
- Eugene
- Kathy Courtney
- Juliet
- Adele
- Tammy
- Rudy
- Malik
- Dorothy
- Kinosis
- Steven
- Bernardo
- Broderick
- Mr. Pierce
- Jeremy
- Eddie
- Dina Jensen
- Milesld
- Victor
- Madeline Conners
- Lucille Jackson
- Corvino
- Henry Shamansky
- Derek
- Simon
- Mulligan
- Darmy
- Mrs. Davis
- Anne
Quotes edit
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“It seemed such a perfect coincidence; I began to doubt its reality. This was before my heart had learned to fear its own heights.”
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“Material unhappiness, like the aftermath of junk food, or that numb, cheap feeling you get after watching TV.”
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“What if all we were required to be was good, what if there really was a guide, a standard upon which to measure our actions, and by doing so we could serve both heaven and earth far more valuably than we could ever hope to through a life of calculation and compromise?”
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“Maybe the dead wait for us to need them before waking—or maybe it is not them at all, but we who do the waking, peeling away the scales of our tragic view of life and death and stepping into a vision at once ecstatic and terrible.”
First Sentence edit
SARAH WILLIAMS LEFT for Minneapolis with our life together in the worst possible repair.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Scott Spencer (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Country: United States
Publication Date: 1986
ISBN: 0394543564
Page Count: 396
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Country: United States
Publication Date: 1986
ISBN: 0394543564
Page Count: 396
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813.54
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Movie Connections edit
- Waking the Dead (IMDb): 2000
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