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An Arsonist's Guide to Writers' Homes in New England by Brock Clarke (Paperback, 2008)

Sam Pulsifer, the hapless hero of this incendiary vel, has come to the end of a very long and unusual journey. The truth is, a lot of remarkable things have happened in Sam's life. 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 kws that this time he is most certainly t guilty. To prove his incence, 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. For, as Sam learns, the truth has a way of eluding capture, and then, when you finally get close eugh to embrace it, it turns and kicks you in the ass. An Arsonist's Guide to Writers' Homes in New England is a vel disguised as a memoir; a heartbreaking story about truth and honesty and the damage they do.

Place of Publication
London
Spine
24mm
Literary Period/Movement
0434018414
Author Biography
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.
Out-Of-Print Date
15/01/2010
Recommended Age Range
12+ years
Date of Publication
01/05/2008
Country of Publication
United Kingdom
release date
01/05/2008

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