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Returning a hero from the battlefields of World War II, Walter Selby settles into a charmed domestic life in Memphis. But in a few brief moments, Walter sees his life and his world fracture and split apart, driving him to commit a terrible crime.
Many years later, Frank Cartwright ponders hiContinue
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The King is Dead
The King is Dead Jim Lewis Knopf Hardcover 272 pages July 2003 There’s an interesting book in Jim Lewis’s The King is Dead. It’s about 150 pages long, and it centers on Walter Selby -- a good but flawed and fragile man who witnesses a tragedy, then g ... (read full critics)
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- English Books
- Paperback 272 Pages
- ISBN-10: 0375714006
- ISBN-13: 9780375714009
- Publisher: Vintage
- Pub date: Oct 12, 2004
- Dimensions: 200 mm x 130 mm x 20 mm Just how big is that?
- Also available as: Hardcover
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| ISBN | Edition | List | Sale | Seller |
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| 9780375714009 | Paperback | $13.95 | $12.55 | bn.com |
| $13.95 | $12.05 | The Book Depository | ||
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The King Is Dead By Jim Lewis
It's the mid-1960s, and Walter Selby is living the American dream or so he thinks. A decorated World War II veteran, he has a beautiful wife and children and an important job as the right-hand man to the governor of Tennessee. Selby seems to have eve ... (read full critics)