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A poignant and haunting contemporary western
Wes Carver grew up to be like his old man, just like all the boys did in Black River: a corrections officer at the local penitentiary. But one day several years ago, a riot broke out, and Carver was taken hostage for 39 hours. He emerged scarred and mutilated, physically and psychically. Years later, he's come back to Black River to bury his wife's ashes and attend to unfinished business: try to mend the relationship with his stepson, whom he last saw on the other end of a gun; and try to stop the parole of the man who forever ruined his life.
S. M. Hulse's BLACK RIVER isn't exactly anything new; if this were a movie, it'd probably be a yawn-fest. What sets the book apart is Hulse's prose: haunting and sparse, beautifully understated. It gets away from her at times--like she's trying for Cormac McCarthy and failing--but mostly, she succeeds. And her characters are interesting: Wes and his stepson are intricately drawn, and reading about them becomes addictive after a...
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