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E One Entertainment. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. 2013. One sided widescreen dvd. Our dvd's are checked and polished to remove scratches before they are put up for sale. This does… Meer...

E One Entertainment. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. 2013. One sided widescreen dvd. Our dvd's are checked and polished to remove scratches before they are put up for sale. This does not mean they are 100% scratch free but that they do play. Art sleeve is damaged where sticker was removed. Further condition details and JPG image available on request. ; Fired from his telecom job, Adam Cassidy (Liam Hemsworth) is forced by his company CEO (Gary Oldman) to infiltrate Wyatt's longtime rival's (Harrison Ford) company to steal trade secrets. Soon, Adam realizes thta he's caught between two ruthless players who will stop at nothing. Desperate to over an Ivy League beauty (Amber Heard) and help out his blue-collar father, Adam risks everything in a dangerous race against time. ; DVD; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; Asin: b00fa966ek ., E One Entertainment, 2013, 2.75, Harcourt, 2003. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Great book! Light shelf wear on dustjacket, faint smudge on edge. "From Publishers Weekly: If there were any doubt of his protean gifts on the basis of his four previous, singularly different novels (A World Away, etc.), O'Nan again proves himself a writer of dazzling virtuosity and imagination. This eloquent horror tale/philosophical fable is yet another of his narratives in which character and fate intertwine in a situation of moral gravity. Narrator Jacob Hansen (who speaks to himself in the third person: "You can feel the past oozing up like mud") is a psychologically scarred Civil War veteran. Shortly after the end of the conflict, he has settled with his wife and baby daughter in the tiny prairie town of Friendship, Wis., which is now in the midst of a spectacularly beautiful summer?and a troubling drought. Jacob has three jobs?as undertaker, constable and minister?and a crushing, somewhat eerie sense of responsibility for all of the citizens of Friendship. His feverish piety and his repeated declarations of faith are gradually revealed as thin coverings over a bottomless well of despair. When three deaths from diphtheria occur in quick succession, Jacob convinces his wife not to leave town with the baby, even as he is passively fatalistic about their slim chances of escaping infection. After both Marta and the baby die, Jacob becomes unhinged; he keeps their bodies in the house, dressing, washing and sleeping with them. Outwardly, however, he doggedly continues to go about his duties, rendered even more frantic as the epidemic escalates, a quarantine is belatedly imposed, and many of the townspeople try to steal away during the night. Meanwhile, a wildfire is moving implacably toward the area, and the serene summertime landscape turns into a version of hell as the sky darkens and the air is heavy with ashes. Even as he commits acts of violence under the duress of duty, Jacob muses that this may be the reckoning described in biblical prophecy: the world cleansed by pestilence and fire. Indeed, Jacob is a version of Job, although he never challenges God but questions his own culpability in failing to keep his world whole and peaceful. O'Nan does a superb job of establishing the faint sense of menace that grows into a horrifying nightmare of random destruction and death. Outside of a few red-herring details, the narrative moves with surefooted technique into the realm of sinister gothic mystery. Profoundly unsettling, it requires a leap of faith from the reader that may, like Jacob's faith, fail at times, but it is a mesmerizing story and a brilliant tour de force. Author tour. Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc." , Harcourt, 2003, 3, Canios Editions, 2002-05. Paperback. Good., Canios Editions, 2002-05, 2.5<

ISBN: 9781886435117

Canio's Editions. Used - Good. Paperback This item shows wear from consistent use but remains in good readable condition. It may have marks on or in it, and may show other signs of … Meer...

Canio's Editions. Used - Good. Paperback This item shows wear from consistent use but remains in good readable condition. It may have marks on or in it, and may show other signs of previous use or shelf wear. May have minor creases or signs of wear on dust jacket. Packed with care, shipped promptly., Canio's Editions, 2.5<