num_pages: 160
description: A story of human redemption, Falconer explores an ex-professor's experiences as an inmate in Falconer Prison. Ezekiel Farragut, convicted of killing his brother, has been imprisoned in the state prison where he is visited by his wife Marcia, with whom he has a love-hate relationship. Falconer tells the story of Farragut, his crime and punishment and his struggle to remain a man as he comes to terms with how his life has changed forever.
language: English
title: Falconer
titlecomplete: Falconer
characters: Ezekiel Farragut
genres: Fiction, American, Crime, Queer, LGBT, Literature, Classics, Novels, 20th Century, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 8245
awards: awardedAt: 220953600000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: Fiction
publisher: Penguin Books