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Lost Nation
Lost Nation
Author: Jeffrey Lent
Jeffrey Lent's first novel, In the Fall, was a national best-seller and was celebrated as one of the best books of 2000. Hailed as "majestic ...epic ... vital" by The New York Times Book Review and compared to the works of William Faulkner and Cormac McCarthy by Newsweek, the debut landed its author squarely in the company of the best American n...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780871138439
ISBN-10: 0871138433
Publication Date: 4/2002
Pages: 370
Rating:
  • Currently 4.3/5 Stars.
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4.3 stars, based on 20 ratings
Publisher: Grove Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
Members Wishing: 0
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Helpful Score: 3
Historical novel, taking place in 1830's New Hampshire. Great book, though quite violent. My book group loved it.
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Helpful Score: 3
5 stars. So gritty it's textured.
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Helpful Score: 2
Just counldn't get interested in this one.
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Helpful Score: 1
Opens in the year 1838, a man known only as Blood sets out to for the wild country of New Hampshire with an oxcart full of rum and a young girl named Sally.They both hope to start fresh with a second chance at life. Once there, they encounter many obstacles and violence and shed some light on their secrets of the past.
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Helpful Score: 1
The book opens as Blood and the teenage prostitute Sally, who he won in a card game, travel to the back-est of back-woods in northern New Hampshire. So far north no one really knows if it's still America or if it's Canada.

Author Jeffrey Lent doesn't flinch from the nastier elements of Blood's character while slowly developing the bond of respect and eventually care that grows between him and Sally.

Gritty, realistic, passionate, stark, evocative, unflinching, this is Lent's masterpiece.
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