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Soil by Jamie Kornegay ~A Novel ~Signed ~1st Edition ~2015
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- Type
- Novel
- Signed By
- Jamie Kornegay
- Signed
- Yes
- Ex Libris
- No
- Narrative Type
- Fiction
- Personalized
- No
- Features
- Dust Jacket
- Original Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN
- 9781476750811
- Book Title
- Soil
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Item Length
- 9.2 in
- Publication Year
- 2015
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 1.3 in
- Genre
- Fiction
- Topic
- Humorous / Black Humor, Crime, Thrillers / Suspense, Literary, Mystery & Detective / General
- Item Weight
- 19.8 Oz
- Item Width
- 6.2 in
- Number of Pages
- 368 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
ISBN-10
1476750815
ISBN-13
9781476750811
eBay Product ID (ePID)
201667854
Product Key Features
Book Title
Soil
Number of Pages
368 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Humorous / Black Humor, Crime, Thrillers / Suspense, Literary, Mystery & Detective / General
Publication Year
2015
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Fiction
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.3 in
Item Weight
19.8 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2014-011468
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
"Jamie Kornegay's powerful debut novel, Soil , is just as rich, dark and primal as the title suggests and it is hard not to discuss the various characters' plights without slipping into metaphor as they both literally and figuratively dig and tunnel and turn up all that is buried. This novel is brimming with suspense while continuously locating the fine line separating good from evil. Just as the soil delivers all that is decomposed and lost, it also brings promise of future growth and in this case, it is in the form of the protagonist's son. Kornegay's rendering of hope and innocence against the backdrop of depravity and darkness is admirable and moving." --Jill McCorkle, New York Times bestselling author of Life after Life, "Kornegay's keenly observed novel is a bit of a slow burner at first, but it soon builds into a page-turning crescendo and a suspense-filled finale which will make your heart pound and leave you opened-mouthed in horror." -- Western Gazette, "Jamie Kornegay's prose is as rich and fertile as the Mississippi Delta landscape that spreads across the pages of Soil . It is poetic, both in its language and in the soulful complexity of its characters, all of them fallen and trudging along the hard worn path of redemption on dirty hands and knees." --Michael F. Smith, author of Rivers, "Kornegay imbues his characters with depth and his story with suspense, but the real star of the book is the pungent and foreboding Mississippi earth itself. A promising debut from an assured new voice in Southern fiction." -- Library Journal, "Kornegay imbues his characters with depth and his story with suspense, but the real star of the book is the pungent and foreboding Mississippi earth itself. A promising debut from an assured new voice in Southern fiction." - Library Journal, "Jamie Kornegay's novel Soil heralds the arrival of an exciting new voice. This book is atmospheric 'as all get-out,' as my grandmother might have said, and it crackles with intensity. It's everything I want a novel to be, a fine story well-told with characters I won't forget, set in a world so real you can smell it and taste it. Kornegay's something special." - Steve Yarbrough, author of The Realm of Last Chances, "This marvelous bookresembles the Southern Gothic novels of the past such as the classic EternalFire by Calder Willingham." -- Smoky Mountain News, "Jamie Kornegay's novel Soil heralds the arrival of an exciting new voice. This book is atmospheric 'as all get-out,' as my grandmother might have said, and it crackles with intensity. It's everything I want a novel to be, a fine story well-told with characters I won't forget, set in a world so real you can smell it and taste it. Kornegay's something special." Steve Yarbrough, author of The Realm of Last Chances, "Mississippi has done it again, given us yet another brilliant writer. Welcome, Jamie Kornegay, to a long line of kick-ass storytellers. Soil is one of the most memorable novels I've read in years, with a killer story told in killer language. Highly, highly recommended." -Tom Franklin, author of Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter, "Kornegay's skillful writing keeps the story gripping and the atmosphere haunting." -- Kirkus Reviews, "Let us stand, brothers and sisters, to applaud the arrival of an exquisitely deranged new voice to American fiction. Dig your hands into this Soil to find gutty and peppery writing, an almost recklessly bold imagination, audacious empathy, and a story so twisty and volatile that nearly every turn feels electrifyingly unexpected. This rough-n-tumble model of Southern literature--the vehicle of choice for the late greats Barry Hannah, Larry Brown, Harry Crews, and William Gay--has felt stalled on the roadside for several years now; Jamie Kornegay just pulled up with some big-ass jumper cables." --Jonathan Miles, author of Want Not and Dear American Airlines, "A darkly droll, epic novel told in a style I'd have to call a deceptively swift amble through a most vividly rendered, watery Delta world. Anyone from Coleridge to Twain to Faulkner to William Gay would have loved reading this book, and you will, too." --Brad Watson, author of The Heaven of Mercury and Aliens in the Prime of Their Lives, "Marked by wry humor, unforgettable characters, and riveting suspense, Jamie Kornegay's Soil is a spellbinding Greek tragedy played out against the backdrop of the choked river-bottoms, sprawling fields, and dusty roads of the Mississippi Delta. A brilliant, haunting portrait of the havoc one desperate man's decisions and dreams can wreak upon himself and those around him. This remarkable novel springs from rich earth indeed, and the end result is a book that will leave readers reeling." --Skip Horack, author of The Eden Hunter , and The Southern Cross, "Marked by wry humor, unforgettable characters, and riveting suspense, Jamie Kornegay's Soil is a spellbinding Greek tragedy played out against the backdrop of the choked river-bottoms, sprawling fields, and dusty roads of the Mississippi Delta. A brilliant, haunting portrait of the havoc one desperate man's decisions and dreams can wreak upon himself and those around him. This remarkable novel springs from rich earth indeed, and the end result is a book that will leave readers reeling." -Skip Horack, author of The Eden Hunter , and The Southern Cross, "This marvelous bookresembles the Southern Gothic novels of the past such as the classic EternalFire by Calder Willingham." - Smoky Mountain News, "Jamie Kornegay's novel Soil heralds the arrival of an exciting new voice. This book is atmospheric 'as all get-out,' as my grandmother might have said, and it crackles with intensity. It's everything I want a novel to be, a fine story well-told with characters I won't forget, set in a world so real you can smell it and taste it. Kornegay's something special." -Steve Yarbrough, author of The Realm of Last Chances, "Mississippi has done it again, given us yet another brilliant writer. Welcome, Jamie Kornegay, to a long line of kick-ass storytellers. Soil is one of the most memorable novels I've read in years, with a killer story told in killer language. Highly, highly recommended." --Tom Franklin, author of Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter, "Jamie Kornegay's prose is as rich and fertile as the Mississippi Delta landscape that spreads across the pages of Soil . It is poetic, both in its language and in the soulful complexity of its characters, all of them fallen and trudging along the hard worn path of redemption on dirty hands and knees." -Michael F. Smith, author of Rivers, "Kornegay's skillful writing keeps the story gripping and the atmosphere haunting." - Kirkus Reviews, "A darkly droll, epic novel told in a style I'd have to call a deceptively swift amble through a most vividly rendered, watery Delta world. Anyone from Coleridge to Twain to Faulkner to William Gay would have loved reading this book, and you will, too." -Brad Watson, author of The Heaven of Mercury and Aliens in the Prime of Their Lives, "Let us stand, brothers and sisters, to applaud the arrival of an exquisitely deranged new voice to American fiction. Dig your hands into this Soil to find gutty and peppery writing, an almost recklessly bold imagination, audacious empathy, and a story so twisty and volatile that nearly every turn feels electrifyingly unexpected. This rough-n-tumble model of Southern literature-the vehicle of choice for the late greats Barry Hannah, Larry Brown, Harry Crews, and William Gay-has felt stalled on the roadside for several years now; Jamie Kornegay just pulled up with some big-ass jumper cables." -Jonathan Miles, author of Want Not and Dear American Airlines, "Jamie Kornegay's powerful debut novel, Soil , is just as rich, dark and primal as the title suggests and it is hard not to discuss the various characters' plights without slipping into metaphor as they both literally and figuratively dig and tunnel and turn up all that is buried. This novel is brimming with suspense while continuously locating the fine line separating good from evil. Just as the soil delivers all that is decomposed and lost, it also brings promise of future growth and in this case, it is in the form of the protagonist's son. Kornegay's rendering of hope and innocence against the backdrop of depravity and darkness is admirable and moving." -Jill McCorkle, New York Times bestselling author of Life after Life, "Kornegay's keenly observed novel is a bit of a slow burner at first, but it soon builds into a page-turning crescendo and a suspense-filled finale which will make your heart pound and leave you opened-mouthed in horror." - Western Gazette
Dewey Decimal
813.6
Synopsis
A darkly comic debut novel by an independent bookseller about an idealistic young farmer who moves his family to a Mississippi flood basin, suffers financial ruin--and becomes increasingly paranoid he's being framed for murder. It all began with a simple dream. An ambitious young environmental scientist hoped to establish a sustainable farm on a small patch of river-bottom land nestled among the Mississippi hills. Jay Mize convinced his wife Sandy to move their six-year-old son away from town and to a rich and lush parcel where Jacob could run free and Jay could pursue the dream of a new and progressive agriculture for the twenty-first century. He did not know that within a year he'd be ruined, that flood and pestilence would invade his fledgling farm or that his wife and son would leave him to pick up the pieces by himself. When Jay Mize discovers a corpse on his property, he is sure his bad luck has come to a head and he is being framed. Were Jay in his right mind, he might have reported the body to the police at the very same moment they were searching for a missing tourist from Ohio. He might have not dragged the body back to his farm under the cover of night and spent hours disposing of it. But Jay Mize is not in his right mind. His mounting paranoia is accelerated by a hot-rod local deputy, nosing around with questions about the missing tourist and making dark comments about Jay's estranged wife Sandy. It's enough to make an honest man a maniac... Drawing on elements of classic Southern noir, dark comedy, and modern dysfunction, Jamie Kornegay's novel is about the gravitational pull of one man's apocalypse and the hope that maybe, just maybe, he can be reeled in from the brink. Readers will "applaud the arrival of an exquisitely deranged new voice to American fiction" (Jonathan Miles, award-winning author of Want Not and Dear American Airlines ).
LC Classification Number
PS3611.O7433S86 2014
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Copyright Date
2014
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