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Crossers (Vintage Contemporaries) by Caputo, Philip is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
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From the acclaimed author of "Acts of Faith" ("A miracle . . . You can hardly conceive of a more affecting reading experience"--"Houston Chronicle"), a blistering new novel about the brutality and beauty of life on the Arizona-Mexico border and about the unyielding power of the past to shape our lives. Taking us from the turn of the twentieth century to our present day, from the impoverished streets of rural Mexico to the manicured lawns of suburban Connecticut, from the hot and dusty air of an isolated ranch to New York City in the wake of 9/11, Caputo gives us an impeccably crafted story about three generations of an Arizona family forced to confront the violence and loss that have become its inheritance. When Gil Castle loses his wife in the Twin Tower attacks, he retreats to his family's sprawling homestead in a remote corner of the Southwest. Consumed by grief, he has to find a way to live with his loss in this strange, forsaken part of the country, where drug lords have more power than police and violence is a constant presence. But it is also a world of vast open spaces, where Castle begins to rebuild his belief in the potential for happiness--until he starts to uncover the
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- Author
- Caputo, Philip
- Publisher
- Random House, Incorporated
- Published
- 2009
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780307272980
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- True Crime, Fiction, Literary Fiction
- Rating
- 4.2 / 5 (119 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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