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| Illustrations | ||
| Introduction | 3 | |
| 1 | Shepherds of Sodomy | 17 |
| 2 | Love and War | 42 |
| 3 | The Widow Halleck | 67 |
| 4 | Conquer and Divide | 92 |
| 5 | A Return to Ganymede | 121 |
| 6 | Halleck and His Friend | 151 |
| Notes | 177 | |
| Bibliography | 196 | |
| Index | 217 |
| Price | Condition | Delivery | Seller | Action |
| $99.99 | Digital |
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Chen Wei
reviewed The American Byron on December 18, 2007
The American Byron
When people say that books take you places you've never been, they're talking about "The Coal Tower."
The Coal Tower comes to life on the page through rich and diverse characters throbbing with hopes and dreams (and a few barely struggling through) whose lives intersect on a pivotal day, Game Day in Charlottesville, VA. Gentry skillfully paints a town through several uniquely personal lenses, all players in a landscape imbued with academics, racism, and social climbing--a tumbleweed of connections that weave a story ripe with relationships that stretch and snap with love, resentment, loyalty, and betrayal. The story builds and builds. The writing is beyond imaginative and beautiful. Many stories reveal the thoughts of characters, but somehow, Gentry infuses those thoughts with a level of detail rarely seen in literature. From famed neurosurgeon Dr. Cannon, to his wife Iris, to Chloe and Lucas, Sid and Mattie, this story reveals with laser clarity the way we all see ourselves and our place in life—how we determine what we have earned and what is owed to us, what we value, and what we figure out along the way, and how sometimes, we are wrong about all of it.
And the ending! Wow. I want more.
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