The Resource The life we bury, by Allen Eskens
The life we bury, by Allen Eskens
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The item The life we bury, by Allen Eskens represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Williamsburg Regional Library.
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- Summary
- An ordinary writing assignment for a college English class brings Joe face-to-face with a dying Vietnam veteran, who is also a convicted murderer
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 303 pages
- Isbn
- 9781616149987
- Label
- The life we bury
- Title
- The life we bury
- Statement of responsibility
- by Allen Eskens
- Subject
-
- Thrillers (Fiction)
- Veterans -- Fiction
- trueVietnam veterans
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Veterans -- Fiction
- trueAutism
- trueBiography
- trueBrothers
- trueCollege students
- College students -- Fiction
- trueComing-of-age stories
- Detective and mystery fiction
- trueDysfunctional families
- Dysfunctional families -- Fiction
- trueFirst person narratives
- trueMinnesota
- Minnesota -- Fiction
- trueMurderers
- trueMysteries
- truePeople with cancer
- trueRupert, Max (Fictitious character)
- trueSecrets
- trueSenior prisoners
- Suspense fiction
- trueTalbert, Joe (Fictitious character)
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- An ordinary writing assignment for a college English class brings Joe face-to-face with a dying Vietnam veteran, who is also a convicted murderer
- Summary
- "College student Joe Talbert has the modest goal of completing a writing assignment for an English class. His task is to interview a stranger and write a brief biography of the person. With deadlines looming, Joe heads to a nearby nursing home to find a willing subject. There he meets Carl Iverson, and soon nothing in Joe's life is ever the same. Iverson is a dying Vietnam veteran--and a convicted murderer. With only a few months to live, he has been medically paroled to a nursing home, after spending thirty years in prison for the crimes of rape and murder. As Joe writes about Carl's life, especially Carl's valor in Vietnam, he cannot reconcile the heroism of the soldier with the despicable acts of the convict. Joe, along with his skeptical female neighbor, throws himself into uncovering the truth, but he is hamstrung in his efforts by having to deal with his dangerously dysfunctional mother, the guilt of leaving his autistic brother vulnerable, and a haunting childhood memory. Thread by thread, Joe unravels the tapestry of Carl's conviction. But by the time Joe discovers the truth, it is too late to escape the fallout"--
- Award
- LibraryReads Favorites, 2014
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10356455
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1963-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Eskens, Allen
- Dewey number
- 813/.6
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3605.S49
- LC item number
- L54 2014
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- Series statement
- Max Rupert series
- Series volume
- 1
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Veterans
- Dysfunctional families
- College students
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975
- Minnesota
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- The life we bury, by Allen Eskens
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Extent
- 303 pages
- Isbn
- 9781616149987
- Isbn Type
- (paperback)
- Lccn
- 2014016018
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- System control number
-
- 870663464
- (OCoLC)870663464
- Label
- The life we bury, by Allen Eskens
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Extent
- 303 pages
- Isbn
- 9781616149987
- Isbn Type
- (paperback)
- Lccn
- 2014016018
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- System control number
-
- 870663464
- (OCoLC)870663464
Subject
- Thrillers (Fiction)
- Veterans -- Fiction
- trueVietnam veterans
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Veterans -- Fiction
- trueAutism
- trueBiography
- trueBrothers
- trueCollege students
- College students -- Fiction
- trueComing-of-age stories
- Detective and mystery fiction
- trueDysfunctional families
- Dysfunctional families -- Fiction
- trueFirst person narratives
- trueMinnesota
- Minnesota -- Fiction
- trueMurderers
- trueMysteries
- truePeople with cancer
- trueRupert, Max (Fictitious character)
- trueSecrets
- trueSenior prisoners
- Suspense fiction
- trueTalbert, Joe (Fictitious character)
Genre
- trueMysteries
- Suspense fiction
- Thrillers (Fiction)
- trueComing-of-age stories
- Detective and mystery fiction
- Fiction
- trueFirst person narratives
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