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Wounded

A Novel
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Description

Time Out Chicago, Top 10 Book of 2005
Winner of the 2006 PEN USA Literary Award for Fiction

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Training horses is dangerous—a head-to-head confrontation with 1,000 pounds of muscle and little sense takes courage, but more important, patience and smarts. It is these same qualities that allow John and his uncle Gus to live in the beautiful high desert of Wyoming. A black horse trainer is a curiosity, at the very least, but a familiar curiosity in these parts. It is the brutal murder of a young gay man, however, that pushes this small community to the teetering edge of intolerance.
Highly praised for his storytelling and ability to address the toughest issues of our time with humor, grace, and originality, Wounded by Percival Everett offers a brilliant novel that explores the alarming consequences of hatred in a divided America.

Product Details

PublisherGraywolf Press
Publish DateSeptember 04, 2007
Pages256
LanguageEnglish
TypeBook iconPaperback / softback
EAN/UPC9781555974862
Dimensions228.6 X 6.0 X 14.0 inches | 0.7 pounds
BISAC Categories: Literary Fiction

About the Author

Percival Everett is the author of more than twenty books. He is the recipient of the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award and the PEN Center USA Award for Fiction. He teaches at the University of Southern California and lives outside Los Angeles.

Reviews

“An unsettling look at intolerance and its logical end in violence.” —The New York Times Book Review

“Starts rhapsodically and rewards the reader with so many moments of love and laughter--Wounded is full of shocks and surprises.” —Los Angeles Times

“While it's tempting to compare Wounded to something by Cormac McCarthy or Walter Van Tilburg Clark, in which a brutal landscape makes for brutal men, this book is more about men who resist such pressures with all the humanity they can muster.” —Time Out Chicago, Top Ten Book of the Year

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