Barker House
by David Moloney
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Pub Date Apr 07 2020 | Archive Date Feb 02 2020
Bloomsbury USA | Bloomsbury Publishing
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Description
"HERE is a voice to listen to! Moloney's voice is as true as a voice can be. Concise, with the right details rendered perfectly, these sentences come to the reader with marvelous straight forwardness, clean as a bone."--Elizabeth Strout
Olive Kitteridge meets The Mars Room in this powerfully unsentimental work of fiction--a portrait of nine lives behind the concrete walls of a New Hampshire jail.
David Moloney's Barker House follows the story of nine unforgettable New Hampshire correctional officers over the course of one year on the job. While veteran guards get by on what they consider survival strategies--including sadistic power-mongering and obsessive voyeurism--two rookies, including the only female officer on her shift, develop their own tactics for facing “the system.” Tracking their subtly intertwined lives, Barker House reveals the precarious world of the jailers, coming to a head when the unexpected death of one in their ranks brings them together.
Timely and universal, this masterfully crafted debut adds a new layer to discussions of America's criminal justice system, and introduces a brilliant young literary talent.
Advance Praise
“A deeply satisfying work that will reach into the hearts and minds of many, many readers. This book heralds the arrival of a new and important voice among us.” —Andre Dubus III, author of House of Sand and Fog
"HERE is a voice to listen to! Moloney's voice is as true as a voice can be. Concise, with the right details rendered perfectly, these sentences come to the reader with marvelous straight forwardness, clean as a bone." —Elizabeth Strout
“They’re the guards, and yet their lives are hardly less desperate than the lives of the people under their authority. David Moloney's vision is brutal but honest, and punctuated by moments of improbable grace.” —Justin Taylor, author of Flings
“At a time when mass incarceration is increasingly a feature of American life, Barker House is a great and important book.” —Tony Tulathimutte, Whiting Award–winning author of Private Citizens
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781635574166 |
| PRICE | $26.00 (USD) |
| PAGES | 272 |
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