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In a Dark Time Paperback - 1998
by Larry Watson
The long-out-of-print debut novel by the bestselling author of "Montana 1948" and "White Crosses". With another female student found strangled, the body count is up to three, and everyone suspects there will be more. But a reticent high school teacher's own fascination with the murders haunts him more than the headlines, as he discovers a disturbing ambivalence toward violence in the midst of uncommonly savage acts.
Summary
A powerful voice in contemporary American fiction, Larry Watson is the award-winning author of Montana 1948, hailed as "a work of art" (San Francisco Chronicle), and White Crosses, praised as "one of the most irresistible novels of the year" (The Globe and Mail). In this, his debut novel, Watson explores the themes that established him as a master protrayer of small-town America.
Another female student has been found strangledthe body count is up to three, and everyone suspects there will be more. But for Peter, a reticent teacher at Minnesota's Wanekia High School, his own morbid fascination with the murders haunts him more than the morning headlines. Keeping a detailed journal of his community's actionand his ownPeter discovers a disturbing ambivalence toward violence in the midst of uncommonly savage acts.
A taut suspense novel that is at once compelling and thought-provoking, In a Dark Time ingeniously explores our culture's complex relationship with violenceand paints a vivid portrait of America too often color-blind to the bloody hues that tinge its landscape.
Another female student has been found strangledthe body count is up to three, and everyone suspects there will be more. But for Peter, a reticent teacher at Minnesota's Wanekia High School, his own morbid fascination with the murders haunts him more than the morning headlines. Keeping a detailed journal of his community's actionand his ownPeter discovers a disturbing ambivalence toward violence in the midst of uncommonly savage acts.
A taut suspense novel that is at once compelling and thought-provoking, In a Dark Time ingeniously explores our culture's complex relationship with violenceand paints a vivid portrait of America too often color-blind to the bloody hues that tinge its landscape.
First line
The third body was found this morning.
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- Title In a Dark Time
- Author Larry Watson
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 256
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Washington Square Press, New York / Toronto
- Date 1998-04-01
- ISBN 9780671551643 / 0671551647
- Weight 0.75 lbs (0.34 kg)
- Dimensions 8.54 x 5.54 x 0.62 in (21.69 x 14.07 x 1.57 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 1970's
- Chronological Period: 1950-1999
- Demographic Orientation: Rural
- Demographic Orientation: Small Town
- Library of Congress subjects Murder - Minnesota - Fiction
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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Publishers Weekly
Watson...shows he's a writer of uncommon imagination and insight. He builds his story on the murders of schoolgirls in an small Midwestern town; however the theme is not these horrors but their effects...What is the dark side of human nature "in a dark time."
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