Type of bind: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN num: 9780874518320
ISBN number: 0874518326
Label: UPNE
Manufacturer: UPNE
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 239
Printing Date: August 15, 1997
Publishing house: UPNE
Sale Popularity Level: 1132170
Studio: UPNE
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Garrett Benteen, self-created baron of a Vermont village, will not abide destruction of the land around him. The buzz of the chainsaw, the felling of trees, the raising of flimsy spec houses warrant more than mere headshaking - to Benteen they are calls to battle. Using his wealth and the sheer force of his personality, he manipulates friends and neighbors to sustain his vision of what the town has been and what he believes it must continue to be. Even at his most magnanimous, as when dispensing money for college educations, employing those in need of work, or providing fibre for an elderly invalid, Benteen is intent on control, and arrogant in his conviction that he knows best. His beneficiaries seethe with resentment, and it is this interplay, the tension between this man of wealth and power and those he would control, that shapes this very first novel by seasoned writer Castle Freeman, Jr.
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Initially this appears to be a fairly standard work of ecofiction on the theme of environmental and cultural preservation, but the loopy but believable characters, sudden plot turns, and the occasional use of metafictional techniques make this a unique novel. You may think you know what these hardscrabble Vermonters and the mysterious drifter from Texas are up to, but there are surprises aplenty since the characters unfold as multifaceted personalities who are full of surprises. The landscape and small town life of New England are brilliantly evoked. This book would appeal to fans of Edward Abbey, Peter Matthiessen,Thomas McGuane or Barbara Kingsolver.--Jim Dwyer, author of Earth Works.
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