Backlands: A Novel of the American West

Backlands: A Novel of the American West - Paperback

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Backlands: A Novel of the American West
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Backlands: A Novel of the American West - Paperback

Backlands: A Novel of the American West - Paperback

by Michael McGarrity
$24.00
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Book Overview

In the New York Times bestselling Hard Country, Michael McGarrity gave readers "an expansive, lyrical period Western in the tradition of A. B. Guthrie Jr. and Larry McMurtry" (Hampton Sides). Now McGarrity continues his richly authentic epic of life on the last vestiges of the twentieth-century American frontier.

Scarred by the loss of an older brother he idolized, estranged from a father he barely knows, and deeply troubled by the failing health of a mother he adores, young Matthew Kerney is suddenly and irrevocably forced to set aside his childhood and take on responsibilities far beyond his years. When the world spirals into the Great Depression and drought settles like a plague over the nation, Matt must abandon his own dreams to salvage the Kerney ranch. Plunged into a deep trough of dark family secrets, hidden crimes, broken promises, and lies, Matt must struggle to survive on the unforgiving, sun-blasted Tularosa Basin.
ISBN9780451471666
Author Michael McGarrity
PublisherPenguin Publishing Group
GenreLiterature
FormatPaperback
PublishedMay 2015
LanguageENG- English
Pages544
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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Michael McGarrity is the author of the bestselling Kevin Kerney crime novels, beginning with the Anthony Award-nominated Tularosa and Mexican Hat, and his American West Trilogy historical novels. A former psychotherapist and deputy sheriff whose career in criminal justice spanned more than twenty-five years, he lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

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