Not Long Ago Persons Found

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Product Details
Price
$17.99  $16.73
Publisher
Bellevue Literary Press
Publish Date
Pages
176
Dimensions
0.0 X 0.0 X 0.0 inches | 0.0 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9781954276406

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About the Author
J. Richard Osborn lives in Oakland, California. Not Long Ago Persons Found is his first novel.
Reviews

"Haunting, gorgeous, mysterious, propulsive--a novel as brilliant about currents of violence as it is about the flow of tree pollen through the air and rivers. As I heard echoes of Coetzee and Didion and a music that is all Osborn's own, I wanted to turn the pages even faster, to learn what would happen next and, at the same time, to slow down and linger on the masterful prose. A stunning accomplishment." --Heather Abel, author of The Optimistic Decade

"J. Richard Osborn's fever dream of a novel brings us into a shadowy world that feels eerily familiar. Riveting and deeply unsettling, Not Long Ago Persons Found dramatizes just how Byzantine the quest for justice has become in our time." --Askold Melnyczuk, author of The House of Widows and The Man Who Would Not Bow

"J. Richard Osborn's near-future world is a menacing mix of science, superstition, and governmental treachery as an edgy couple goes deep undercover to investigate a boy's horrific murder. Not Long Ago Persons Found is exceptionally fast-moving and suspenseful." --Sharyn Skeeter, author of Dancing with Langston

"Part ghost story, part scientific disquisition, and part political intrigue, Not Long Ago Persons Found is a gripping, Borgesian allegory of our futile attempts to see between things--between peoples, places, and 'through gaps in the trees'--in order to find truth and meaning in a world that resists determinacy." --Peter Matthiessen Wheelwright, author of As It Is On Earth and The Door-Man