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Drought / a novel by Scott Alexander Hess.
Van Pelt Library PS3608.E844 D76 2025
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hess, Scott Alexander, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Tobacco farms--Fiction.
- Tobacco farms.
- Interpersonal relations--Fiction.
- Interpersonal relations.
- Homophobia--Fiction.
- Homophobia.
- Man-man relationships--Fiction.
- Man-man relationships.
- Kentucky--Fiction.
- Kentucky.
- Genre:
- Gay fiction.
- Novels.
- Physical Description:
- 158 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New Orleans : Rebel Satori Press, [2025]
- Summary:
- "When Parnell, a recluse from Newark, New Jersey, inherits a dilapidated tobacco farm in Kentucky from his estranged Uncle Willy, he moves to the farm hoping to jump start his empty life. Such begins an odyssey igniting a dual narrative as Uncle Willy shares from the grave about his deep love for a man named Phil, and a violent curse born from hate and intolerance. In Kentucky, Parnell befriends Darl, who works at the Sonic, and John, an eccentric preacher who guides him to learn the twisted fate of his Uncle Willy. Parnell discovers there are more than tobacco leaves buried in the fields. As he unearths a long-hidden crime, to his surprise, he gains a new sense of self"--Page 4 of cover.
- ISBN:
- 9781608643585
- 1608643581
- OCLC:
- 1520211531
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