The Painter: A novel (Vintage Contemporaries Ser.)
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- Synopsis
- NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the national bestselling author of The River and The Dog Stars comes a "carefully composed story about one man&’s downward turning life in the American West&” (The Boston Globe).After having shot a man in a Santa Fe bar, the famous artist Jim Stegner served his time and has since struggled to manage the dark impulses that sometimes overtake him. Now he lives a quiet life ... until the day that he comes across a hunting guide beating a small horse, and a brutal act of new violence rips his quiet life right open. Pursued by men dead set on retribution, Jim is left with no choice but to return to New Mexico and the high-profile life he left behind, where he&’ll reckon with past deeds and the dark shadows in his own heart.Look for Peter Heller's new novel, The Last Ranger, coming soon!
- Copyright:
- 2014
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 384 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780385352086
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780385352093
- Publisher:
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Date of Addition:
- 01/12/24
- Copyrighted By:
- Peter Heller
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Westerns, Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.