The Lives of the Dead

By Charlie Smith

Book Overview

With the publication of his first two novels--Canaan and Shine Hawk--Charlie Smith was catapulted onto the front pages of every major newspaper in the country. Now this writer of appalling brilliance (New York Times Book Review) continues to explore the ways in which people behave when they're pushed to the edge.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0671747134
• ISBN13: 9780671747138
• Release Date: November 1991
• Publisher: Washington Square Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.3" x 1.0" x 5.5"

Customer Reviews

If You're in it for the writing

There is a fine story here, but it is transcended by the author's style: if you love beautiful prose--the magic and art of words forming brilliant sentence and paragraph structures--don't miss this novel.