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OverviewWhen Gil Castle loses his wife, he retreats to his family’s sprawling homestead out west, a forsaken part of the country where drug lords have more power than police. Here Castle begins to rebuild his life, even as he uncovers some dark truths about his fearsome grandfather. When a Mexican illegal shows up at the ranch, terrified after a border-crossing drug deal gone bad, Castle agrees to take him in. Yet his act of generosity sets off a flood of violence and vengeance, a fierce reminder that we never truly escape our history. Spanning three generations of an Arizona family, Crossers is a blistering novel about the brutality and beauty of life on the border. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Philip CaputoPublisher: Random House USA Inc Imprint: Vintage Books Dimensions: Width: 13.30cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 20.20cm Weight: 0.374kg ISBN: 9780375725982ISBN 10: 0375725989 Pages: 464 Publication Date: 19 October 2010 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviews@lt;p@gt; An ambitious, wonderful novel that illuminates the modern U.S.-Mexican border. @lt;i@gt;--Chicago Tribune @lt;br@gt;@lt;br@gt;@lt;/i@gt; @lt;i@gt;Crossers@lt;/i@gt; is a novel of grief and recovery, a love story, a thriller, but it is most of all a novel about a place, one that can break your heart and make it soar. @lt;i@gt;--St. Petersburg Times @lt;br@gt;@lt;br@gt;@lt;/i@gt; A complex story, unfolding in varying viewpoints, all of them as rich and real as a home movie. @lt;i@gt;--The Dallas Morning News @lt;br@gt; @lt;br@gt;@lt;/i@gt; [A] remarkably ambitious book that packs a meaty, multi-generational story with enough scope, insight and realism to illuminate the modern U.S.--Mexican border. . . . Enthralling. @lt;i@gt; --The Washington Post Book Review @lt;br@gt;@lt;br@gt;@lt;/i@gt; Caputo gives us characters with credibility and individuality. . . . An intense, clear-sighted account of the times in which we live, of 9/11, the Iraq war, the 'war on drugs' and the con <p>“An ambitious, wonderful novel that illuminates the modern U.S.-Mexican border.” —Chicago Tribune  <br> “ Crossers is a novel of grief and recovery, a love story, a thriller, but it is most of all a novel about a place, one that can break your heart and make it soar.” —St. Petersburg Times  <br>  “A complex story, unfolding in varying viewpoints, all of them as rich and real as a home movie.” —The Dallas Morning News <br> <br> “[A] remarkably ambitious book that packs a meaty, multi-generational story with enough scope, insight and realism to illuminate the modern U.S.—Mexican border. . . . Enthralling.” —The Washington Post Book Review  <br> “Caputo gives us characters with credibility and individuality. . . . An intense, clear-sighted account of the times in which we live, of 9/11, the Iraq war, the ‘war on drugs’ and the conflict over illegal immigrat Author InformationPhilip Caputo worked for nine years for the Chicago Tribune and shared a Pulitzer Prize in 1972 for his reporting on election fraud in Chicago. He is the author of seven other works of fiction and two memoirs, including A Rumor of War, about his service in Vietnam, and four works of nonfiction. He divides his time between Connecticut and Arizona. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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