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The Lost Country by William Gay is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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<b>Ten years after it was first announced, Dzanc is proud to deliver the lost novel from a master of the Southern Gothic—the work William Gay fans have anticipated for a decade.</b> <br> Billy Edgewater is a harbinger of doom. Estranged from his family, discharged from the Navy, and touched by a rising desperation, he sets out hitchhiking home to East Tennessee, where his father is slowly dying.<br> On the road, separately, are Sudy and Bradshaw, brother and sister, and a one-armed con man named Roosterfish. All, in one way or another, have their pasts and futures embroiled with D.L. Harkness, a predator in all the ways there are. Hounded at every turn by scams, vigilantes, grievous loss, and unspeakable violence, Edgewater navigates the long road home, searching for a place that may be nothing but memory. <br> Hailed as “a seemingly effortless storyteller” by the <i>New York Times Book Review</i> and “a writer of striking talent” by the <i>Chicago Tribune</i>, William Gay, with this long-awaited novel, secures his place alongside Faulkner, O’Connor, and McCarthy as one of the greatest novelists in the Southern Gothic tradition.

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It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.

Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.

Author
William Gay
Publisher
Dzanc Books
Published
2018
Language
EN
ISBN
9781945814693
Category
work of fiction
Subjects
Fiction, Literary Fiction
Rating
4.4 / 5 (200 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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