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Can I read A Prayer for the Dying : A Novel on EtoBox?
A Prayer for the Dying : A Novel by O'Nan, Stewart is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is A Prayer for the Dying : A Novel about?
** *New York Times Book Review* ** **Notable Book of the Year**Set in Friendship, Wisconsin, just after the Civil War, *A Prayer for the Dying *tells of a horrible epidemic that is suddenly and gruesomely killing the town's residents and setting off a terrifying paranoia. Jacob Hansen, Friendship's sheriff, undertaker, and pastor, is soon overwhelmed by the fear and anguish around him, and his sanity begins to fray. Dark, poetic, and chilling, Stewart O'Nan's *A Prayer for the Dying* examines the effect of madness and violence on the morality of a once-decent man.
Who reads A Prayer for the Dying : A Novel?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- O'Nan, Stewart
- Publisher
- Henry Holt and Co.
- Published
- 1999
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780805061475
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Fiction, Horror
- Rating
- 4.1 / 5 (290 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14