An Arsonist's Guide to Writers' Homes in New England

Présentation de l'éditeur Sam Pulsifer has come to the end of a very long and unusual journey. He spent ten years in prison for accidentally burning down poet Emily Dickinson's house - and unwittingly killing two people in the process. He emerged aged twenty-eight and set about creating a new life for himself. He went to college, found love, got married, fathered two children, and made a new start - and then watched in almost-silent awe as the vengeful past caught up with him, right at his own front door. As, one by one, the homes of other famous New England writers are torched, Sam knows that this time he is most certainly not guilty. To prove his innocence, he sets out to uncover the identity of this literary-minded arsonist. What he discovers, and how he deals with the reality of his discoveries, is both hilariously funny and heartbreakingly sad. An Arsonist's Guide to Writers' Homes in New England is a novel disguised as a memoir; a heartbreaking story about truth and honesty and the damage they do. Revue de presse "As cheerfully oddball as its title...The parodies here are priceless...Sharp-edged and unpredictable, punctuated by moments of choice absurdist humour." ( New York Times) "A sharp new novel that reads like a memoir, a scathing satire that reminds us of the horror of truth-telling...A crisp story that moves along like a detective novel. But what makes it come alive is Clarke's sharp wit." ( San Francisco Chronicle) Biographie de l'auteur Brock Clarke is the author of The Ordinary White Boy, What We Won't Do, and Carrying the Torch. He has twice been a finalist for the National Magazine Award for fiction. His work has appeared in the Virginia Quarterly, OneStory, the Believer, the Georgia Review, and the Southern Review; in the Puschcart Prize and New Stories from the South anthologies; and on NPR's Selected Shorts. He teaches creative writing at the University of Cincinnati.