num_pages: 208
description: Set just after the Civil War, A Prayer for the Dying is the story of a small Wisconsin town gripped by a mysterious, deadly epidemic, and one man desperate to save it. Torn between his loyalty to his family, his faith in God, and his terror of this vicious disease, Jacob Hansen struggles to preserve his sanity amid the chaos and violence around him.
language: English
title: A Prayer for the Dying
titlecomplete: A Prayer for the Dying
genres: Historical, Literary Fiction, Novels, 19th Century, Death, Historical Fiction, Horror, Fiction, Disease, Civil War
ratings_count: 3014
awards: awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Dublin Literary Award
publisher: Picador