Présentation de l'éditeur
'We never should've gone up there . . .'One Sunday, nine-year-old Jess Hall watches in horror as his autistic brother is smothered during a healing service in the mountains of North Carolina.The unimaginable violence that follows must be untangled by a local sheriff with his own tragic past. A Land More Kind Than Home is a spellbinding, heartbreaking story about cruelty and innocence, and the failure of religion and family to protect a child. It is a novel thick with stories and characters connected by faith, infidelity, and a sense of hope that is both tragic and unforgettable.
Revue de presse
I think this could be the beginning of a long, fruitful career -- Ernest J. Gaines, author of "A Lesson Before Dying" and "The Autobiography of Jane Pittman"
One of the most powerful novels I have ever read -- Fred Chappell, author of "I Am One of You Forever" and "Brighten the Corner Where You Are"
Electrifying debut ―
Financial Times
Cash’s debut novel (
A Land More Kind Than Home) is a chilling descent into the world of religious frenzy in small town North Carolina. The languid atmosphere seduces, and Cash’s fine first effort pulls the reader into a shadowy, tormented world where wolves prowl in the guise of sheep ―
Publishers' Weekly
Mesmerizing first novel... intensely felt and beautifully told ―
The New York Times
Biographie de l'auteur
Wiley Cash is from western North Carolina, a region that features prominently in his writing. His first novel, A Land More Kind than Home, won the CWA John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger award for Best First Novel 2012. His second novel, A Dark Road to Mercy, was the winner of the 2014 Gold Dagger ‘Crime Novel of the Year’ Award. Wiley teaches an MFA in fiction and non-fiction at Southern New Hampshire University. He lives with his wife and daughter in West Virginia.
