Edoardo Ballerini
Author
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Greenhorn Valley Book Club 2022
Kirkus Reviews: The Best Fiction Books of 2021
New Books for the Pueblo Chieftain: October 4, 2021
Kirkus Reviews: The Best Fiction Books of 2021
New Books for the Pueblo Chieftain: October 4, 2021
Description
"The bestselling author of A Gentleman in Moscow and Rules of Civility and master of absorbing, sophisticated fiction returns with a stylish and propulsive novel set in 1950s America In June, 1954, eighteen-year-old Emmett Watson is driven home to Nebraska by the warden of the juvenile work farm where he has just served fifteen months for involuntary manslaughter. His mother long gone, his father recently deceased, and the family farm foreclosed upon...