A Stranger in The Kingdom

Mosher, Howard Frank

ISBN 10: 0385244002 / ISBN 13: 9780385244008

Published by Doubleday, New York, 1989

About this Item

First Edition/First Printing. Softcover. 421 pages. A powerful drama of passion, prejudice and lost innocence. Made into a fine film by Jay Craven. This is the scarce, softcover Advance Reading Copy of the hardcover book that was published in September 1989. Signed by Jay Craven on the half-title page and signed by Howard Frank Mosher on the title page. As new. Unread. From my smoke-free collection. Ships in well-padded box. Seller Inventory # 5594

Bibliographic Details

Title: A Stranger in The Kingdom

Publisher: Doubleday, New York

Publication Date: 1989

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: As New

Dust Jacket Condition: As New

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st Edition

About this title

Synopsis:

The inhabitants of a sleepy New England town are forced to face their racist attitudes when a black minister from Canada is accused of the brutal murder of a local teenage girl

From the Back Cover:

"Reminiscent of to Kill a Mockingbird and Anatomy of a Murder--Absorbing."
-- The New York Times

"A great book for our time and all time, for the north county and for all the country."
-- Ernest Hebert

"Magnificent--compelling--a dark drama--told with such dexterity--shot through with such light and humor, with such marvelous assemblage of major and minor figures--and such intimate understanding of community mores and history, that there is no danger of this being a one-season best seller."
-- The Vermont Sunday Magazine

"Like a big easy chair, a book to sink into-- The actual plot, with its familiar elements of race sex, murder and long-held grudges, is compelling enough. But the real mystery lie, as it should, in motivation-what makes people do what they do? What pain, what secrets, can and cannot be held in the human heart?"
-- The New York Times Book Review

"Mosher's writing is lovingly forged, understated and laden with images which surprise and haunt."
-- The Boston Herald

"Fine prose, fascinating people and a heck of a story"
-- Vance Bourjaily

"Exciting and memorable-- Howard Frank Mosher has made a small-town story into a universal one. He has filled it with memorable people and carried it along on a rolling wave suspense. And, best of all. He has not lost the small town in all action. It is rich with local lore and local character."
-- Wallace Stegner, author id Angle of Repose and The Spectator Bird