New York Times Bestseller
“Mesmerizing . . . only Jess knows why his autistic older brother died on the very day he was taken into the church, and it’s his voice that we carry away from this intensely felt and beautifully told story.”
—New York Times Book Review
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- PUBLISHING HISTORY
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(hc) 9780062088147 - Subsidiary Rights: First Serial, Audio: William Morrow; UK, Translation, Dramatic: Sobel Weber Associates
- On Sale: 1/22/2013
- FICTION
- pb 9780062088239 $14.99 ($16.99)
- 336 pages; 5 5/16 x 8
- Model ISBN: 9780062088147
Land More Kind Than Home, A
- The hardcover of A Land More Kind Than Home debuted on the New York Times extended bestseller list at #33.
- The paperback includes a P.S. section with additional insights from the author, background material, suggestions for further reading, and more.
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"Wiley Cash's novel embeds a tender coming-of-age story within a suspense-filled thriller. . . . rich emotional terrain . . . Cash perfectly captures the joy, sorrow, confusion and dignity of a child as Jess copes with the mysterious world of adults and an earthquake of grief that changes his world in a matter of days. . . . Well-defined, distinct voices and subtle, considered details on every page. [A] clear-sighted, graceful debut."
- Atlanta Journal-Constitution
"Absorbing . . . Cash uses well-placed flashbacks to flesh out his characters . . . and to illuminate a familiar truth of Southern lit: Many are the ways that fathers fail their sons."
- Entertainment Weekly
"Cash's debut about a town gripped by a menacing preacher has the timeless qualities of the Old Testament. . . . Revenge, the most Old Testament of themes, closes this very good book, as Sheriff Clem Barefield investigates the death of a mute boy, and his own childhood past recalls Jesse's voice and brings the timeless-not nostalgic-tale full circle."
- The Daily Beast
"A lyrical, poignant debut . . . In the mode of John Hart, Tom Franklin, and early Pat Conroy, A Land More Kind Than Home explores the power of forgiveness [and] the strength of family bonds . . . a new talent at the beginning of what should be a promising career."
- Florida Sun-Sentinel
"Good old-fashioned storytelling. Cash has a solid talent for the oft-neglected arts of tragedy and suspense, mixed with just enough modern pathos to make his writing literary without being pretentious. An auspicious start for a first novelist. . . . With murder, religion, infidelity, domestic abuse, guns, whiskey and snake handling, Land is rich in unstable relationships and beautiful tragedy."
- Ploughshares
"You might have to go back to Robert Mitchum's performance as a murderous preacher in the 1955 film The Night of the Hunter to find a preacher as flat-out evil as Carson Chambliss. . . . [A] riveting debut novel . . . A Land More Kind Than Home is a powerfully moving debut that reads as if Cormac McCarthy decided to rewrite Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird."
- Richmond Times-Dispatch
"Cash's debut novel explores Faulkner-O'Connor country, a place where folks endure a hard life by clinging to God's truths . . . with Southern idioms as clear as crystal mountain air, Cash weaves the narrative from multiple threads. . . . As lean and spare as a mountain ballad, Cash's novel resonates perfectly, so much so that it could easily have been expanded to epic proportions. An evocative work about love, fate and redemption."
- Kirkus Reviews
"As lyrical, beautiful, and uncomplicated as the classic ballads of Appalachia, Cash's first novel is a tragic story of misplaced faith and love gone wrong . . . In a style reminiscent of Tom Franklin and John Hart, Cash captures the reader's imagination."
- Library Journal (starred review)
"A chilling descent into the world of religious frenzy in small town North Carolina. . . . The distinctive and authentic voices of the characters help Cash draw a moving portrait of smalltown life and the power of belief. . . . The book is compelling, with an elegant structure and keen eye for detail, matched with compassionate attention to character. The languid atmosphere seduces, and Cash's fine first effort pulls the reader into a shadowy, tormented world where wolves prowl in the guise of sheep."
- Publishers Weekly
"Cash is a graceful and promising writer, and his story and characters will linger in readers' memories."
- Booklist
"This book will knock your socks off. It's so good to read a first novel that sings with talent. Wiley Cash has a beautifully written hit on his hands."
- Clyde Edgerton, author of The Night Train
"A riveting story! The writing is bold, daring, graceful, and engrossing."
- Bobbie Ann Mason, author of In Country
"I try to state the truth and dislike flinging superlatives about with mad abandon, but I have been so deeply impressed by this novel that only superlatives can convey the tenor of my thought: this is one of the most powerful novels I have ever read."
- Fred Chappell, author of Brighten the Corner Where You Are
"Whew! Wiley Cash is the real deal and his first novel is an atmospheric crossroads filled with characters who long for better, but know that their best will never be good enough, is dense with stories intersecting like the branches in a laurel hell."
- Nancy Peacock, author of Life Without Water
"Cinematic and symphonic: this is a compelling story revealed in a sequence of voices that are as pitch-perfect as they are irresistible. This is a wonderfully impressive debut: tender, muscled and unforgettable."
- Rikki Ducornet, author of The Fan Maker's Inquisition
"This novel has great cumulative power. Before I knew it I was grabbed by the ankle and pulled down into a full-blown Greek tragedy."
- Gail Godwin, author of Evensong
"The first thing that struck me about Wiley's novel is the beautiful prose: the narrative is strong, clean, direct and economical. . . . I think this could be the beginning of a long, fruitful career."
- Ernest J. Gaines, author of A Lesson Before Dying
"Cash proves capable of handling dialect and multiple narrators while creating distinctive voices and fully developed characters. . . . The result is a compelling, fast-paced story."
- BookPage