In the Tennessee Country [Hardcover]

Peter Taylor (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 1994

This novel, by Pulitzer Prize winner Peter Taylor, tells the story of a Tenessee-bred man's obsession to recover a vanished uncle and to understand the nature of his disappearance, in a narrative that explores the crossroads in life and the paths we choose.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Pulitzer Prize-winner Taylor tells a story of memory and family bonds in the South, spanning much of the century.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

From Library Journal

Here is another smooth, sylish Southern story from Pulitzer Prize winner Taylor. Much of the novel reads like a memoir, telling of a man's lifelong search for a relative who disappeared from the family when the narrator, Nathan Longfort, was a boy. Cousin Aubrey, the natural child of Nathan's senator grandfather's brother, dropped from view after the old man's funeral. Ever since, Nathan has wondered what became of him, occasionally believing that he has glimpsed him at family funerals. Finally, retired and with grown children, he has a chance to reconnect. Nathan's search for his cousin and for the measure of his own life becomes an introspective novel that should please Taylor's many admirers.
--Ann H. Fisher, Radford P.L., Va.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 232 pages
• Publisher: Chatto & Windus (September 1, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0701162538
• ISBN-13: 978-0701162535
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,669,546 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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