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The Book of Virtue
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Description
With his hated father dead, a man's life takes a dangerous turn.
He doesn't cry when his father, Frank, dies. The old man was an abusive, self-absorbed drunk, and when cancer takes him to his deathbed, his son is there to watch. At Frank's final moment he leans over and whispers in his ear, letting the dying man know that he's glad to see him go.
His only inheritance is a heavy, leather-bound book. He has never seen it before, and has trouble believing that his brutal, ignorant father ever touched something so beautiful. But the volume is well-thumbed, full of aphorisms and advice written in the dead man's hand. Soon after he reads it, the son finds his life spiraling out of control. If he doesn't want to follow Daddy to the grave, he had best heed the lessons of the book.
Product details
Published | 01 May 2014 |
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Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
Edition | 1st |
Extent | 39 |
ISBN | 9781781858080 |
Imprint | Head of Zeus |
Series | Death Sentences: Short Stories to Die For |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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Reviews
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Grim and elegiac by turns, Bruen is a powerful, original and controversial talent.
Guardian