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In this magnificent novel, which is the conclusion to the celebrated Watson trilogy, E.J. Watson tells his own story, through his turbulent life, to his death at the hands of vigilantes. From his destitute childhood in South Carolina, and the terrible events which haunt him for the rest of his days, the narrative shifts to the wilds of the Florida Everglades. Here, Watson establishes himself as a successful sugar-cane farmer, trying in vain to escape his past, and the uncontrollable, vicious side of his nature which is ultimately his downfall. Intelligent, a devoted husband and a lover, a stern father and a man capable of cruelty and cold-blooded murder, Watson is a character staggeringly real in his complexity. Bone by Bone confronts not only the racism, brutality and entrepeneurial greed of the American South at the turn of the century but also the paradox at the heart of human nature: our capacity for fierce love, compassion and unspeakable violence.

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Book category Books in English Fiction & related items Historical fiction

• Full title: Bone by Bone
• Author: Peter Matthiessen
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 416
• EAN: 9781860466687
• ISBN: 1860466680
• ID: 02605404
• Publisher: Vintage Publishing
• Weight: 614 g
• Dimensions: 233 × 153 × 33 mm
• Date of publishing: 20. May 1999

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