Fourth of July Creek Hardcover - 2014

From the rear cover

After trying to help Benjamin Pearl, an undernourished, nearly feral eleven-year-old boy living in the Montana wilderness, social worker Pete Snow comes face-to-face with the boy's profoundly disturbed father, Jeremiah. With courage and caution, Pete slowly earns a measure of trust from this paranoid survivalist itching for a final conflict that will signal the coming End Times.

But as Pete's own family spins out of control, Pearl's activities spark the full-blown interest of the FBI, putting Pete at the center of a massive manhunt from which no one will emerge unscathed.

In this shattering and iconic American novel, Smith Henderson explores the complexities of freedom, community, grace, suspicion, and anarchy, brilliantly depicting our nation's disquieting and violent contradictions. Fourth of July Creek is an unforgettable, unflinching debut that marks the arrival of a major literary talent.

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• Booklist, 04/01/2014, Page 19
• Entertainment Weekly, 05/30/2014, Page 122
• Kirkus Reviews, 06/01/2014, Page 0
• Library Journal, 04/15/2014, Page 77
• Library Journal Prepub Alert, 01/01/2014, Page 70
• New York Times Book Review, 07/06/2014, Page 15
• NY Times Notable Bks of Year, 12/07/2014, Page 26
• Publishers Weekly, 03/31/2014, Page 0
• Shelf Awareness, 05/30/2014, Page 0