Son of a Gun
Book description
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In the tradition of Tobias Wolff, James Ellroy, and Mary Karr, a stunning memoir of a mother-son relationship that is also the searing, unflinching account of a murder and its aftermath
Includes an exclusive conversation between Alexandra Fuller…
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SON OF A GUN is taut and tense from beginning to end. It's especially masterful as an example of how to write from research. St. Germain's recreation of his mother's murder (a scene he wasn't even present for!) in the final pages of the book are both perfectly placed and some of the best I've ever read. This is a heart-cutting, gritty, well-built work, made extra haunting by my own relationship to this stretch of desert-- St. Germain had me feeling Southern Arizona's monsoon in my teeth.
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