An Arsonist's Guide to Writers' Homes in New England
Subtitle: A Novel
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Algonquin Books
Published: September 4, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 305
ISBN-13: 9781565125513
Subjects: American Contemporary Fiction - Individual Authors +; Fiction; Fiction - General; Literary; Fiction / Literary; Family Life; 1830-1886; Amherst; Black humor (Literature); Dickinson, Emily,; Homes and haunts; Massachusetts; New England
Description: Sam Pulsifer is determined to put his past behind him after serving a prison term for torching an American literary landmark and killing two people in the blaze, but when the homes of notable American writers begin to go up in smoke, his history makes him the prime suspect.