David Vann
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
239 pages ; 22 cm
Description
In the fall of 1978, a boy joins his grandfather, his father, and his father's best friend on the family's annual deer hunt during which a simple act leads to tragedy, transforming them all and forcing them to question everything.
Author
Publisher
Grove Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
261 pages ; 22 cm
Description
In his new novel, bestselling New York Times author, David Vann reimagines his father's final days. Halibut on the Moon traces the roots of mental illness in one man's life as he attempts to anchor himself to the places and people that once shaped his sense of identity. Middle-aged and deeply depressed, Jim arrives in California from Alaska and surrenders himself to the care of his brother Gary, who intends to watch over him. Swinging unpredictably...