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The Keepers of Truth

By Michael Collins

eBook | 9781780222134

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It is the mid-80s in post-industrial America. In a small town graced with the decaying hulks of defunct factories, young journalist and college dropout Bill churns out lengthy essays on the death of industry and of America itself for The Daily Truth, whose scoops rarely rise above the latest home-baContinue

It is the mid-80s in post-industrial America. In a small town graced with the decaying hulks of defunct factories, young journalist and college dropout Bill churns out lengthy essays on the death of industry and of America itself for The Daily Truth, whose scoops rarely rise above the latest home-bake contest. The static summer is punctured when local bad boy Ronny Lawton reports his father missing. A dismembered finger is found and all suspect the son of murdering his hated father, but nothing can be proved. The sorry tale of the white trash Lawtons hypnotises the town and Ronny Lawton becomes a local icon. Bill becomes increasingly obsessed with the story he gets involved with Ronnys estranged wife, finds a decomposing human head, and ends up as a suspect in the murder case himself. Things come to a head and Ronny Lawton holds his wife, child and Bill hostage in a confrontation with the FBI. Bill escapes with the woman and child and contemplates the American dream gone sour.

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  • 'The Keepers of Truth' by Michael Collins

    Shortlisted for the 2000 Booker Prize, Collins' novel has been widely applauded -- and with good reason. I found it to be a gripping, unputdownable read about a misfit journalist working on the biggest story of his new, fledgling career. Bill, the na ... (read full critics)

    readingmatters published on Mon, 27 Sep 2010

  • The Keepers of Truth

    The Keepers of Truth Michael Collins Scribner Paperback 310 pages September 2001 Michael Collins’ The Keepers of Truth is a brutally clear-cut and extremely depressing book set in a small industrial town in the late seventies. The once bustling town, ... (read full critics)

    curledup published on Tue, 7 Sep 2010

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Book Details

  • English Books
  • eBook 304 Pages
  • ISBN-10: 1780222130
  • ISBN-13: 9781780222134
  • Publisher: Orion
  • Pub date: Nov 10, 2011
  • Also available as: Paperback and Hardcover
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