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Glad News of the Natural World

3.9/5 ( ratings)

Twenty years ago, a first novel appeared and instantly announced the arrival of a master storyteller. T. R. Pearson's "A Short History of a Small Place" was hailed as "an absolute stunner" and its hero, young Louis Benfield, was dubbed "a youth not as wry as Holden Caulfield, but certainly as observant, and with a bigger, even sadder heart" .Now, older but not necessarily wiser, Louis Benfield returns in "Glad News of the Natural World." In order to get a sense of the larger world, he has moved to New York City from his hometown of Neely, North Carolina. Louis is a modern-day Candide, looking for love and experience in all the wrong places. However, when tragedy strikes, he finds the maturity to be more than man enough for the job.

Whether catching up with Louis Benfield and the denizens of Neely or meeting them for the first time, readers will find "Glad News of the Natural World" hilarious and heartbreaking, warm and wise.

Language: English

Pages: 295

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Release: April 18, 2005

ISBN: 0743264630

ISBN 13: 9780743264631

Glad News of the Natural World

3.9/5 ( ratings)

Twenty years ago, a first novel appeared and instantly announced the arrival of a master storyteller. T. R. Pearson's "A Short History of a Small Place" was hailed as "an absolute stunner" and its hero, young Louis Benfield, was dubbed "a youth not as wry as Holden Caulfield, but certainly as observant, and with a bigger, even sadder heart" .Now, older but not necessarily wiser, Louis Benfield returns in "Glad News of the Natural World." In order to get a sense of the larger world, he has moved to New York City from his hometown of Neely, North Carolina. Louis is a modern-day Candide, looking for love and experience in all the wrong places. However, when tragedy strikes, he finds the maturity to be more than man enough for the job.

Whether catching up with Louis Benfield and the denizens of Neely or meeting them for the first time, readers will find "Glad News of the Natural World" hilarious and heartbreaking, warm and wise.

Language: English

Pages: 295

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Release: April 18, 2005

ISBN: 0743264630

ISBN 13: 9780743264631

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