Nine below Zero |
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| Author:
| Canty, Kevin |
| Series title: | Vintage Contemporaries Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-375-70799-5 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2000 |
| Publisher: | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
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| Imprint: | Vintage |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $18.00 |
Book Description:
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From the acclaimed author of
A Stranger in this World and
Into the Great Wide Open comes a novel that explores reckless love and penetrates the unrelenting winter landscape of the American West. Marvin Deernose, a Native American carpenter and recovering alcoholic, has just returned to his Montana hometown with hopes of finding a new start.nbsp;nbsp;Early one snowy morning, Marvin notices an overturned Cadillac down an embankment.nbsp;nbsp;After rescuing the...
More DescriptionFrom the acclaimed author of A Stranger in this World and Into the Great Wide Open comes a novel that explores reckless love and penetrates the unrelenting winter landscape of the American West.
Marvin Deernose, a Native American carpenter and recovering alcoholic, has just returned to his Montana hometown with hopes of finding a new start.nbsp;nbsp;Early one snowy morning, Marvin notices an overturned Cadillac down an embankment.nbsp;nbsp;After rescuing the elderly Senator Henry Neihart, who has just suffered a stroke,nbsp;nbsp;Marvin is invited to the Senator's estate where he is immediately drawn to Justine Gallego, the Senator's wayward, unhappily married granddaughter.nbsp;nbsp;As these tarnished souls recognize their profound, shared attraction, they dive headlong into a dangerous and intense affair that forever alters the course of their lives.