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"Combining the pace of a detective story with the bold prose of a master storyteller, North is both an adventure and a pilgrimage. Alone and haunted by memories of his dead wife and child, Jack—who prowled the backwaters of Girls—returns to upstate New York from the Carolina coast, where he has been working as a security guard. A New York lawyer hires him to find her missing nephew, last seen in the area of Jack's northern hometown. His search gradually uncovers a dark underside of rural life and a cast of dangerous characters. Jack is besieged by memories as he uncovers a brutal crime and finds himself in a turbulent relationship with a treacherous woman. In trying to save another's life, Jack must relive his own; memory, obsession, and reality fuse; and Jack discovers the truth of Faulkner's observation that ""the past is not really past; it's not even over."""

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A damn good book . . . the sort that gets you quickly in its grip and keeps you there. -The Washington Post Book World The much-anticipated sequel to Girls . . . With his spare, lyrical style straight out of Hemingway and Chandler, Frederick Busch has crafted another smart, big-hearted country noir. -Stewart O'Nan, author of The Good Wife and The Night Country Busch's superb prose is mesmerizing; he evokes Jack's psychic turmoil perfectly with expert language. . . . a provocative look at one man's demons unleashed. -Baltimore Sun With the restraint of a master storyteller, Busch unfolds before us a tightly spun tale of past secrets and sadnesses. . . . a tender and tough and wonderful book. -Elizabeth Strout, author of Amy and Isabelle and Abide with Me A beautifully composed detective story. -New York Sun

A damn good book . . . the sort that gets you quickly in its grip and keeps you there. -The Washington Post Book World The much-anticipated sequel to Girls . . . With his spare, lyrical style straight out of Hemingway and Chandler, Frederick Busch has crafted another smart, big-hearted country noir. -Stewart O'Nan, author of The Good Wife and The Night Country Busch's superb prose is mesmerizing; he evokes Jack's psychic turmoil perfectly with expert language. . . . a provocative look at one man's demons unleashed. -Baltimore Sun With the restraint of a master storyteller, Busch unfolds before us a tightly spun tale of past secrets and sadnesses. . . . a tender and tough and wonderful book. -Elizabeth Strout, author of Amy and Isabelle and Abide with Me A beautifully composed detective story. -New York Sun

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Frederick Busch (1941–2006) was the recipient of many honors, including an American Academy of Arts and Letters Fiction Award, a National Jewish Book Award, and the PEN/Malamud Award. The prolific author of sixteen novels and six collections of short stories, Busch is renowned for his writing’s emotional nuance and minimal, plainspoken style. A native of Brooklyn, New York, he lived most of his life in upstate New York, where he worked for forty years as a professor at Colgate University.

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