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The Good Brother
The Good Brother
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Published:
4 February, 1999
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Virgil Caudill has always toed the line of the law, leaving the hell-raising to his brother, Boyd. Now Boyd is dead, and everyone - even the sheriff and Virgil's own mother - expects Virgil to avenge the death, fulfilling the old, unwritten code of the Kentucky hills. Virgil cannot break that code, but he is determined to escape the cycle of retaliation. He gives up not only his modest hopes but his identity and, like countless fugitives before him, heads west. There, among people who are as foreign to him as the stark Montana landscape, he finds love, purpose, community - all that he left behind. But just when his dreams are within reach, the past overtakes him, with devastating consequences.
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| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9780099274957 |
| ISBN10 | 0099274957 |
| Number Of Pages | 317 |
| Item Weight | 217 g |
| Publisher / Reseller | Vintage |
| Format | paperback |
| Edition | New edition |
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Author's Bio
Chris Offut is the author of two previous books, Kentucky Straight and The Same River Twice. The recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Whiting Award and an award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, he was named as one of Granta's Best Young American Fiction Writers. His work has been published in Esquire, GQ and numerous anthologies. He and his wife, Rita, have two sons. They live in Missoula, Montana.