The Glister (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780307455338)

Acclaimed author John Burnside delivers a profound, page-turning novel about innocence, evil, morality, and the dark corners of the human psyche.

Mysterious illnesses affect the inhabitants of the post-industrial village of Innertown, and a pervasive sense of malaise hangs everywhere. So when teenage boys disappear into the poisoned woods surrounding the village's abandoned chemical plant, no one notices, or if they do, they don't say a thing. Not even the town's only cop, whose leads have long since died. To one boy, however, the chemical plant is beautiful, and it is there he will enact a plan to change the fate of the children of Innertown. To do so he will have to confront the blinding reality that burns in the chemical plant's cavernous center.

Author: John Burnside
ISBN-10: 0307455335
ISBN-13: 9780307455338
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
Language: English
Published: 02/09/2010
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 10.00h x 5.50w x 1.00d

Review Citation(s):
New York Times Book Review 02/21/2010 pg. 20