Faced with the loss of his closest friend and imminent loss of his grandfather, Cory focuses his attention on a very special project, a present for his father. A present intended to win his father's love. But it doesn't. And Corey's good intentions vanish into violence...And that is when, strengthened by the wise counsel of his dying grandfather, Corey realizes that it is time to be his own person. "The Death of Tarpons" is a coming-of-age tale as the adult Corey recalls his past and sees with new clarity the issues surrounding love, parenthood, family and death which he must deal with. Praise for "The Death of Tarpons" "Edgerton's first novel shines with wisdom." - Publishers Weekly "Highly recommended for public libraries and for academic libraries supporting writing programs." - Library Journal "Edgerton's skillful writing and characterizations invite the reader to share Corey's horrors and hopes, to try to understand unreasonable motives, to care about the outcome." - Austin American-Statesman "While this book deals with violence and cruelty, it is ultimately a definition of gentleness and love. It is a good story; it is a good book." - The Indianapolis Star ..".this first novel reflects equally the author's respectable effort at expression, and its protagonist's expressive struggle.
Big on heart." - Booklover's Magazine "Edgerton is not just another stunning narrative talent, he is an important narrative authority - a master of his or any other generation." -Vincent Zandri, author of As Catch Can "It is heart-felt, heart-rending, compulsively readable and wise." -Douglas Glover, author of The Life and Times of Captain N. "Les Edgerton's The Death of Tarpons is a big-hearted and beautiful story of love and death and the fact that we all grow up and away, for better and worse, from who and what we once were. A fine book, well worth the reading." -Bret Lott, author of Jewel "Edgerton takes on one of the hoariest of projects, the family chronicle, but he explores individual characters and domestic relations in so particularized, so eloquent and-in the very best sense-so idiosyncratic a way, that we almost feel we are treading such ground for the first time." -Sydney Lea, author of A Place of Mind
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