{"product_id":"9780312423056","title":"One Foot in Eden : A Novel","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eOne Foot in Eden\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Ron Rash\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWill Alexander is the sheriff in a small town in southern Appalachia, and he knows that the local thug Holland Winchester has been murdered. The only thing is the sheriff can find neither the body nor someone to attest to the killing. Simply, almost elementally told through the voices of the sheriff, a local farmer, his beautiful wife, their son, and the sheriff's deputy,\u003ci\u003e One Foot in Eden\u003c\/i\u003e signals the bellwether arrival of Ron Rash, one the most mature and distinctive voices in Southern literature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A classic tale of passion and tragedy. Each voice rings as true as the sound of an ax in the cold early morning air.” —\u003ci\u003eLee Smith, author of The Last Girls\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Equal parts vintage crime novel and Southern Gothic, full of aching ambivalence and hard compromises, and rounded off by bad faith and bad choices, \u003ci\u003eOne Foot in Eden\u003c\/i\u003e is a veritable garden of earthly disquiet.” —\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Ruggedly beautiful...Reading Rash's tale is like listening to a plaintive mountain ballad about a time and place long vanished: the lyrics are sweet and mournful, wistful and dark. And, oh, does \u003ci\u003eOne Foot in Eden\u003c\/i\u003e linger!” —\u003ci\u003eThe Charlotte Observer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Rash's characters have a heroic quality as they struggle to fill the empty spaces in their hearts. They also have a poetic intensity.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Atlanta Journal-Constitution\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eOne Foot In Eden\u003c\/i\u003e is a story of wild, almost primitive force and yet it is neatly and ingeniously put together. Ron Rash knows to the core the ways of those who yearn for what is just beyond their grasp. Here is a lasting experience.” —Fred Chappell, Poet Laureate of North Carolina\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Ron Rash writes like a prince!” —Pat Conroy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eOne Foot in Eden\u003c\/i\u003e is a forceful but never forced narrative. Rash moves his tragedy along with great authority, revealing motives that build to the complexity of each character as well as our fascination with them and the outcome of their lives. It is a finely polished novel.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Columbia State\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“If you are a fan of writers such as Robert Morgan, Lee Smith and Fred Chappell, you'll be pleased to know they liked this novel and wrote glowing jacket notes. And no wonder: \u003ci\u003eOne Foot In Eden\u003c\/i\u003e could have been written by any of these authors....Save yourself a nice stretch of time for this book. Once you start it, you will find it extremely hard to put down.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Anderson Independent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“In this fine, passionate work, Rash combines a murder mystery with the occasion of the flooding of a South Carolina Appalachian valley by Carolina power. The story of \u003ci\u003eOne Foot In Eden\u003c\/i\u003e is simple, elemental. The conclusion has the force and inevitability of real tragedy...a tragedy that occurs in the ancient, brooding mountains of the Southern Appalachians.” —\u003ci\u003eDon Noble, Alabama Public Radio\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780312423056\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Picador","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40594040357070,"sku":"9780312423056","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_07814c45-1537-4714-bc90-65456ffaa4b7.jpg?v=1637799751","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780312423056","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}