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Amazon.com ReviewAn Arsonist's Guide to Writers' Homes in New Englan, the quirkiest title for a book since --Brad Thomas ParsonsFrom Publishers WeeklyStarred Review. Clarke's fourth book (after the story collection Carrying the Torch) is the delightfully dark story of Sam Pulsifer, the accidental arsonist and murderer narrator who leads readers through a multilayered, flame-filled adventure about literature, lies, love and life. Growing up in Amherst, Mass., with an editor for a father and an English teacher for a mother, Sam was fed endless stories that fueled (literally and figuratively) the rest of his life. Thus, the blurred boundaries between fact and fiction, story and reality become the landscape for amusing and provocative adventures that begin when, at age 18, Sam accidentally torches the Emily Dickinson Homestead, killing two people. After serving 10 years, Sam tries to distance himself from his past through college, employment, marriage and fatherhood, but he eventually winds up back in his parents' home, separated from his wife and jobless. When more literary landmarks go up in flames, Sam is the likely suspect, and his determination to find the actual arsonist uncovers

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Author

Brock Clarke

Publisher

Algonquin Books of Chapell Hill

Published

2007

Language

EN

ISBN

9781921351266

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, Mystery

Rating

2.95 / 5 (4,879 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14