Summer Guest

Name: Summer Guest
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ISBN: 9780385335829

ISBN-10: 0385335822

ISBN-13: 9780385335829

Edition: N/A

Authors: Justin Cronin

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Winner of the PEN/Hemingway Award for his radiant novel in stories,Mary and O’Neil, Justin Cronin has already been hailed as a writer of astonishing gifts. Now Cronin’s new novel, The Summer Guest, fulfills that promise—and more. With a rare combination of emotional insight, narrative power, and lyrical grace, Cronin transforms the simple story of a dying man’s last wish into a rich tapestry of family love. On an evening in late summer, the great financier Harry Wainwright, nearing the end of his life, arrives at a rustic fishing camp in a remote area of Maine. He comes bearing two things: his wish for a day of fishing in a place that has brought him solace for thirty years, and an…

Book details

List price: $17.00
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Publication date: 5/31/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 5.15" wide x 8.24" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English

Justin Cronin is a graduate of the Iowa Writer's Workshop, and a professor of creative writing at La Salle University in Philadelphia. His work has appeared in many literary journals.