Ivory Shoals

by John Brandon

Book Overview

In Ivory Shoals, twelve-year-old Gussie Dwyer--audacious, resilient, determined to adhere to the morals his mother instilled in him--undertakes to trek across the sumptuous yet perilous peninsula of post-Civil War Florida in search of his father, a man who has no idea of his son's existence. Gussie's journey sees him cross paths with hardened Floridians of every stripe, from the brave and noble to a bevy of cutthroat villains, none worse than his amoral shark of a stepbrother. Rich in visceral details and told with a pulse-quickening pace, Ivory Shoals is a distinctly American story, in the tradition of Mark Twain and Cormac McCarthy. The novel is also a timeless epic, tracking Gussie's odyssey from childhood toward adulthood. Will he survive his quest, and at what cost?

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1952119170
• ISBN13: 9781952119170
• Release Date: July 2021
• Publisher: McSweeney's
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 8.8"