The Call. A Novel

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: New
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Harper Collins
Publisher Place: New York
Publisher Year: 2011
Edition: First Edition

Description: 220 pages. Book is Brand New.

Publishers Description: Yannick Murphy, while being one of our most daring andoriginal writers, is first and foremost an exquisitely attuned observer ofhuman behavior. . . . Murphys work provides pretty much unexceededreading pleasure.� Dave EggersThewarm, wry, and patient voice of a veterinarian father tells the heartfelt storyof his young New England family enduring a moving trial of loyalty, hope, andfaith after they are confronted with an unthinkable crisis. Acclaimed author Yannick Murphys intimate narrative style and lovely prosewill enthrall readers of Rivka Galchen,Padgett Powell, and Murphys own Signed, Mata Hari.The Call is a triumph of quiet humorand understated beauty� (Publishers Weekly, starred review) from anauthor that the New York Times Book Review calls an extraordinarilygifted fabulist.�

ISBN: 9780062023148