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Census Hardcover - 2018
by Jesse Ball
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
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Details
- Title Census
- Author Jesse Ball
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition; First Printing
- Condition Used - Very Good+
- Pages 272
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Ecco
- Date March 2018
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Illustrated
- Bookseller's Inventory # 462865
- ISBN 9780062676139 / 006267613X
- Weight 0.85 lbs (0.39 kg)
- Dimensions 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.9 in (21.08 x 13.97 x 2.29 cm)
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Themes
- Demographic Orientation: Urban
- Topical: Family
- Library of Congress subjects Fathers and sons, Voyages and travels
- Dewey Decimal Code 813.6
From the rear cover
When a widower receives the devastating news that he doesn't have long to live, he is struck by the question of who will care for his adult son--a son whom he fiercely loves, a boy with Down syndrome. With no recourse in mind, and with a desire to see the country on one last trip, the man signs up as a census taker for a mysterious governmental bureau and leaves town with his son.
Traveling north, farther into the country, through a tapestry of towns named only by ascending letters of the alphabet, the man and his son encounter a wide range of human experience. While some townspeople welcome the pair into their homes, others, who bear the physical brand of past censuses on their ribs, are wary of their presence. Toward the edges of civilization, the landscape grows wilder and the towns grow farther apart and more blighted by industrial decay. As they approach Z, the man must confront a series of questions: What is the purpose of the census? Is he complicit in its mission? And just how will he learn to say goodbye to his son?
Wrenching and beautiful, Census is a novel about free will, grief, the power of memory, and the ferocity of parental love. It is also an indictment of the cruelties of our society by a major writer.
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Citations
- Booklist, 02/01/2018, Page 25
- BookPage, 03/01/2018, Page 0
- Kirkus Reviews, 01/15/2018, Page 0
- Library Journal, 01/01/2018, Page 79
- Library Journal Prepub Alert, 11/01/2017, Page 0
- Publishers Weekly, 11/06/2017, Page 0