DECORATIONS IN A RUINED CEMETARY. Brown, John Gregory.
36335 Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1994. First printing. The first novel by this Granta Regional Finalist, who was the winner of the Lyndhurst Prize in 1993 and the 1994 Lillian Smith Award. It "takes on endu ring themes of great Southern fiction--in a heartbreaking tale of identity, devotion, and regret. At its rich emotional center is the Eagen family of New Orleans, Irish Catholics of "mixed blood" in a city where race defines destiny." Dust jacket praise from Lee Smith, Madison Smartt Bell, John Barth. 244 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. HC 1st ed - ISBN: 0-39567025X $25.00USD Click here to order or message the dealer
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