The Winter Family
β Scribed by Clifford Jackman
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group;Anchor Books
- Year
- 2015;2016
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 231 KB
- Edition
- First Anchor Books edition
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 0804173710
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β¦ Synopsis
A _Globe & Mail _Top 100 Book of 2015
Longlisted for The 2015 Giller Prize
A Finalist for the Governor General's Literary Prize
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"Sadistic but mesmerizing..."**
-- The New York Times Book Review
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Tracing a group of ruthless outlaws from its genesis during the American Civil War all the way to a final bloody stand in the Oklahoma territories,The Winter Family is a hyperkinetic Western noir that reads like a full-on assault to the senses.
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Spanning the better part of three decades, The Winter Family traverses America's harsh, untamed terrain, both serving and opposing the fierce advance of civilization. Among its twisted specimens, the Winter Family includes the psychopathic killer Quentin Ross, the mean and moronic Empire brothers, the impassive ex-slave Fred Johnson, and the dangerous child prodigy Lukas Shakespeare But at the malevolent center of this ultraviolent storm is their...
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