Hart Island
Autor Gary Zebrunen Limba Engleză Paperback – 2 apr 2024
Driven out of the Coast Guard during the days of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” Sal Cusumano hauls coffins to Hart Island with a burial crew of Rikers Island inmates and guards. Only there can he fully leave his family troubles on Staten Island behind: Justin, his adopted brother and lover; his mother, Ida, slipping rapidly into dementia; the memory of Francesco, his father, a bookie gunned down on his stoop; and his brother Antony, a Manhattan homicide detective moonlighting with the mob. But the island ceases to be his sanctuary after Antony ensnares him—and others—in a crime that involves a nocturnal visit to the potter’s field.
This compelling and intricately plotted novel moves through the shadows as its characters yearn for belonging and forgiveness. Set on the eve of the COVID pandemic, it is part love story, part crime novel, and part mystery.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780299348342
ISBN-10: 0299348342
Pagini: 192
Ilustrații: 0 illus.
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.23 kg
Ediția:First Edition
Editura: University of Wisconsin Press
Colecția University of Wisconsin Press
ISBN-10: 0299348342
Pagini: 192
Ilustrații: 0 illus.
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.23 kg
Ediția:First Edition
Editura: University of Wisconsin Press
Colecția University of Wisconsin Press
Notă biografică
Gary Zebrun is a writer who lives in Providence, Rhode Island. His first novel, Someone You Know, was a finalist for a Lambda Literary Award. He is the recipient of Yaddo, MacDowell, and Breadloaf fellowships and has published work in the New York Times, the New Republic, the Iowa Review, and elsewhere.
Cuprins
Contents
Fat Chance
Rikers Angels
The Right Trigger
I’m No Rosemary
I Fuck, You Pay
Gi-gi-li gi-gi-li
They Shoot Horses
It’s Japanese, Stupid
BB and the Mother of God
Decapitation
Batshit Crazy
Stuck in a Moment
Indian Poke
Tremors
Capisci
Under a Supermoon
Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah
Heart of Darkness
The Tarantella
Malevolent
Floyd’s on Fire Island
History of Violence
Black Death
The Ninth Precinct
Go Start a Novena
Target Practice
The Sacristy
Basilisco
Pizza Strips and Peanuts
Maybe Taos
Family Shitshow
Cocksucker. Corkscrew. Cock-a-Doodle-Doo
Brothers
Final Crossing
Neighborhood of Bones
Acknowledgments
Fat Chance
Rikers Angels
The Right Trigger
I’m No Rosemary
I Fuck, You Pay
Gi-gi-li gi-gi-li
They Shoot Horses
It’s Japanese, Stupid
BB and the Mother of God
Decapitation
Batshit Crazy
Stuck in a Moment
Indian Poke
Tremors
Capisci
Under a Supermoon
Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah
Heart of Darkness
The Tarantella
Malevolent
Floyd’s on Fire Island
History of Violence
Black Death
The Ninth Precinct
Go Start a Novena
Target Practice
The Sacristy
Basilisco
Pizza Strips and Peanuts
Maybe Taos
Family Shitshow
Cocksucker. Corkscrew. Cock-a-Doodle-Doo
Brothers
Final Crossing
Neighborhood of Bones
Acknowledgments
Recenzii
“[A] powerful piece of literary fiction. . . . A fascinating read from start to finish.”
“Every once in a while a novel comes along that has remarkable heart, that dares to set out to explore the mysterious ways, dark secrets, and truths of our humanity. . . . Zebrun masterfully employs ample suspense; cares deeply for each of his characters. Much of the joy of the read is in Zebrun’s restraint and subtly.”
“A simply riveting read from start to finish. . . . A work of an impressive literary excellence.”
“Beautiful, atmospheric, cunningly plotted. From the opening pages, I was transported into Sal Cusumano’s world as he makes his way back and forth to Hart Island, between the living and the dead. I couldn’t wait to discover what would happen next in this world full of violence and unexpected tenderness.”
“Hart Island has all the pleasures of a thriller and expertly designed detective story, while it’s also the history of an arresting and forgotten place, a meditation on grief and the crisis of faith, a testament to loyalty and compassion, and a heartening celebration of the redemptive resilience of love.”
“Surprisingly meditative, Hart Island is ambitious and luminous.”
“Zebrun’s writing is always clear, economical, and powerful. Hart Island effortlessly shows how place shapes destiny, how characters become who they are because of where they live and the secrets they keep—and confess.”