The Underworld (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780393293050)

In The Underworld, Kevin Canty tells a story inspired by the facts of a disastrous fire that took place in an isolated silver mining town in Idaho in the 1970s, in which almost everyone in town lost a friend, a lover, a brother, or a husband. The Underworld imagines the fates of a handful of fictional survivors and their loved ones--Jordan, a young widow with twin children; David, a college student trying to make a life for himself in another town; Lionel, a lifelong hard-rock miner--as they struggle to come to terms with the loss. It's a tough, hard-working, hard-drinking town, a town of whores and priests and bar fights, but nobody's tough enough to get through this undamaged. A powerful and unforgettable tale about small-town lives and the healing power of love in the midst of suffering.

Author: Kevin Canty
ISBN-10: 039329305X
ISBN-13: 9780393293050
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Language: English
Published: 03/07/2017
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.60w x 1.10d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal Prepub Alert 10/01/2016 pg. 56
Kirkus Reviews 01/01/2017 pg. 10
Library Journal 02/01/2017 pg. 66
Publishers Weekly 01/30/2017
BookPage 03/01/2017
Booklist 03/01/2017 pg. 40
Shelf Awareness 04/04/2017
Library Journal 10/01/2016
School Library Journal 10/01/2017