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Plainsong
Imprint: Picador
Synopsis
Plainsong, set in Kent Haruf's fictional Holt County, Colorado, is an unforgettable classic, exploring the grace and hope of every human life, and our boundless capacity for love.
‘So delicate and lovely that it has the power to exalt the reader’ The New York Times
Tom Guthrie is struggling to bring up his two young sons alone and, in the same town,...
Details
304 pages
Imprint: Picador
Reviews
Perfectly formed, beautifully executed.Mariella Frostrup
Beautifully crafted, alive and quietly magnificent. I read it in one mesmerising sitting. I had no choice; it wouldn't let me go.Roddy Doyle
Plainsong is nothing short of a revelation. I don't expect to read a better novel this year. Or next, for that matter.Richard Russo
So delicate and lovely that it has the power to exalt the reader.New York Times