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The rural town of Stockton, New York, is famous for nothing: No one was born there, no one died there, nothing of any historical import at all has ever happened there, which is why Solomon Kugel, like other urbanites fleeing their pasts and histories, decided to move his wife and young son... read more
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Summary edit
Relocating his family to an unremarkable rural town in New York in the hopes of starting over, Solomon Kugel must cope with his depressive mother, a local arsonist and the discovery of a believed-dead historical specimen hiding in his attic.
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First Sentence edit
It's funny: it isn't the fire that kills you, it's the smoke.
Series & Lists edit
This book is in 2012 Published Books. (community list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Shalom Auslander (Author)
Other Contributors:
- Tom Tietz (Photographer) - Book Jacket
- Franco Vogt (Photographer) - of author
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Riverhead Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: January 12, 2012
ISBN: 978-1-59448-838-2
Page Count: 292
Publisher: Riverhead Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: January 12, 2012
ISBN: 978-1-59448-838-2
Page Count: 292
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: PS3601.U85 H67 2011
- Dewey: 813.6
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