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A Novel (MP3)

by Matthew Griffin
Audio disc
Publication Date: 01/01/2017

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Impossibly tender, gently funny and gorgeously rendered, Hide is a singularly powerful debut.

Wendell Wilson, a taxidermist, and Frank Clifton, a veteran, meet after the Second World War. But, in this declining textile town in a southern US state, their love holds real danger. Severing nearly all ties with the rest of the world, they carve out a home for themselves on the outskirts of town. For decades, their routine of self-reliant domesticity Wendell's cooking, Frank's care for a yard no-one sees and the vicarious drama of courtroom TV seems to protect them.

But when Wendell finds Frank lying motionless outside at the age of 83, their carefully crafted life together begins to unravel. As Frank's memory and physical strength deteriorate, Wendell struggles in vain to hold on to the man he once knew. Faced with giving care beyond his capacity, he must come to terms with the consequences of half a century in seclusion: the different lives they might have lived and the impending, inexorable loss of the one they had.

'A graceful and understated novel ... A portrait of a particularly repressive period in gay history.' - The New York Times Book Review

'Forceful ... a compassionate portrait of a lifelong love that will linger with readers.' - Publishers Weekly

'Something like a small miracle: a bittersweet portrait of love in the shadows.' - Booklist

ISBN:
9781489375278
9781489375278
Category:
Contemporary fiction
Format:
Audio disc
Publication Date:
01-01-2017
Publisher:
Bolinda Publishing
Country of origin:
Australia
Pages:
1
Dimensions (mm):
122x132mm
Weight:
0.07kg
Matthew Griffin

Matthew Griffin is a graduate of Wake Forest University and the Iowa Writers' Workshop.

He was born and raised in North Carolina and currently lives with his husband in Louisiana, where he is a visiting professor at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. 

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