In the Country of the Blind (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781628727210)

A NEW YORK TIMES EDITOR'S CHOICE

Sixty years after the publication of his first novel, Cat Man, Edward Hogland is publishing his twenty-fifth book at the age of eighty-three. This capstone novel, set in Vermont's Northeast Kingdom, introduces Press, a stockbroker going blind. Press has lost his job and his wife and is trying to figure out his next move, holed up in his Vermont cabin surrounded by a hippy commune, drug runners, farmers-gone-bust, blood-thirsty auctioneers, and general ne'er-do-wells. Solace and purpose come from the unlikeliest sources as he learns to navigate his new landscape without sight. Hoagland, himself, is going blind, and through this evocative, unsentimental novel, we experience the world closing in around Press, the rising panic of uncertainty, the isolation of exile, the increasing dependence upon the kindness of strangers, and a whole new appreciation of the world just beyond sight.

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Author: Edward Hoagland
ISBN-10: 1628727217
ISBN-13: 9781628727210
Publisher: Arcade Publishing
Language: English
Published: 11/01/2016
Pages: 204
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.90d

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 01/01/0001
Booklist 09/15/2016 pg. 23
Kirkus Reviews 09/01/2016
Library Journal 12/01/2016 pg. 83