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Clarke, Brock.
Arsonist's guide to writers' homes in New England.
An arsonist's guide to writers' homes in New England
[Libby] :
a novel /
[compiled by Vanessa Hall-Bennett].
Moline, IL. :
Moline Public Library,
2010.
1 online resource (10 books, discussion guide.)
Novel Conversation
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Book: An arsonist's guide to writers' homes in New England : a novel / by Brock Clarke. 1st ed. Chapel Hill, N.C. : Algonquin Books Of Chapel Hill, 2008, c2007. 317 p. ; 21 cm.
Includes a conversation with the author.
Includes reading group questions and topics for discussion.
This book is the delightfully dark story of Sam Pulsifer, the accidental arsonist and murderer narrator who leads readers through a multilayered, flame-filled adventure about literature, lies, love and life. Growing up in Amherst, Mass., with an editor for a father and an English teacher for a mother, Sam was fed endless stories that fueled (literally and figuratively) the rest of his life. Thus, the blurred boundaries between fact and fiction, story and reality become the landscape for amusing and provocative adventures that begin when, at age 18, Sam accidentally torches the Emily Dickinson Homestead, killing two people. After serving 10 years, Sam tries to distance himself from his past through college, employment, marriage and fatherhood, but he eventually winds up back in his parents' home, separated from his wife and jobless. When more literary landmarks go up in flames, Sam is the likely suspect, and his determination to find the actual arsonist uncovers family secrets and more than a bit about human nature. Sam is equal parts fall guy and tour guide in this bighearted and wily jolt to the American literary legacy.
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Dickinson, Emily
1830-1886
Homes and haunts
Massachusetts
Amherst
Fiction.
Arsonists (Musical group)
Fiction.
Literary landmarks
New England
Fiction.
FICTION / General.
FICTION / Literary.
Black humor.
Electronic books.
Hall-Bennett, Vanessa.
Moline Public Library (Ill.)
Novel Conversation.
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