Fencing the Sky

A Novel

Fiction & Literature, Westerns
Cover of the book Fencing the Sky by James Galvin, Henry Holt and Co.
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Author: James Galvin ISBN: 9781466854260
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. Publication: October 15, 2013
Imprint: Henry Holt and Co. Language: English
Author: James Galvin
ISBN: 9781466854260
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co.
Publication: October 15, 2013
Imprint: Henry Holt and Co.
Language: English

A haunting novel of the American West about an accidental murder that springs from the best intentions.

Stepping his horse through the lush, beaver-worked draw looking for stray cows, Mike Arans never imagined that, moments later, he'd find himself swinging a nylon loop around Merriweather Snipes and pulling until his neck snapped. Once Snipes was dead, Mike fished a notepad and a stub of pencil from his pocket, wrote "I did this," signed his name, and stuffed the note into Snipes's breast pocket. Then Mike rode to his house, stocked up on supplies, and rode due west.

Fencing the Sky is the story of how circumstances spiral out of control, the story of gross indifference and avarice in the face of breathtaking beauty. Ultimately, James Galvin's novel is a book about violence and how it destroys lives when the land is at stake. This long-awaited lyrical first novel is nothing less than the story of the disappearance of the American West.

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A haunting novel of the American West about an accidental murder that springs from the best intentions.

Stepping his horse through the lush, beaver-worked draw looking for stray cows, Mike Arans never imagined that, moments later, he'd find himself swinging a nylon loop around Merriweather Snipes and pulling until his neck snapped. Once Snipes was dead, Mike fished a notepad and a stub of pencil from his pocket, wrote "I did this," signed his name, and stuffed the note into Snipes's breast pocket. Then Mike rode to his house, stocked up on supplies, and rode due west.

Fencing the Sky is the story of how circumstances spiral out of control, the story of gross indifference and avarice in the face of breathtaking beauty. Ultimately, James Galvin's novel is a book about violence and how it destroys lives when the land is at stake. This long-awaited lyrical first novel is nothing less than the story of the disappearance of the American West.

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