Elysian Fields

By Mark LaFlaur

Book Overview

Winner of rare "double crown" of starred reviews from both Publishers Weekly and Kirkus Reviews. - Publishers Weekly Featured Fiction selection.

Simpson Weems is a 36-year-old aspiring poet whose life has been on hold-to the breaking point. All he needs to fulfill his potential is to move to San Francisco, but he's torn between his long-held dream of being a great artist and obligations to his ailing mother and his emotionally volatile brother, the all-demanding Bartholomew. Will someone in his family have to die before he can get to California? And how might that be arranged?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 061572986X
• ISBN13: 9780615729862
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: Mid-City Books
• Length: 414 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.0" x 8.0"