See How Small

Author: Scott Blackwood
Publisher: Fourth Estate Ltd
Category: Contemporary Fiction
Book Format: Paperback

A riveting novel about the aftermath of a brutal murder of three teenage girls, written in incantatory prose 'that's as fine as any being written by an American author today' (Ben Fountain)



One late autumn evening in a Texas town, two strangers walk into an ice cream shop shortly before closing time. They bind up the three teenage girls who are working the counter, set fire to the shop, and disappear. 'See How Small' tells the stories of the survivors - family, witnesses, and suspects - who must endure in the wake of atrocity. Justice remains elusive in their world, human connection tenuous.

Hovering above the aftermath of their deaths are the three girls. They watch over the town and make occasional visitations, trying to connect with and prod to life those they left behind. See how small a thing it is that keeps us apart, they say. A master of compression and lyrical precision, Scott Blackwood has surpassed himself with this haunting, beautiful, and enormously powerful new novel.

About Scott Blackwood
Scott Blackwood is the author of two previous books of fiction, In the Shadow of Our House and We Agreed to Meet Just Here, and the recipient of a Whiting Writers' Award. He's also the author of The Rise and Fall of Paramount Records, a book of narrative nonfiction. A long-time resident of Austin, Texas, Blackwood now lives in Chicago and teaches fiction writing in the MFA program at Southern Illinois University.

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SKU BK-9780007580965
Barcode # 9780007580965
Brand Fourth Estate Ltd
Artist / Author Scott Blackwood
Shipping Weight 0.1500kg
Shipping Width 0.129m
Shipping Height 0.014m
Shipping Length 0.198m
Assembled Length 19.800m
Assembled Height 1.400m
Assembled Width 12.900m
Type Paperback

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