A death in the family.
Publisher: McDowell, Obolensky
Published: 1957
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 339
Subjects: Traffic accident victims -- Fiction; Fathers and sons -- Fiction; Boys -- Fiction; Knoxville (Tenn.) -- Fiction
Description: On a sultry summer night in 1915, Jay Follet leaves his house in Knoxville, Tennessee, to tend to his father, whom he believes is dying. The summons turns out to be a false alarm, but on his way back to his family, Jay has a car accident and is killed instantly. Dancing back and forth in time and braiding the viewpoints of Jay's wife, brother, and young son, Rufus, Agee creates an overwhelmingly powerful novel of innocence, tenderness and loss that should be read aloud for the sheer music of its prose.