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Availability:In StockContributor:Lin EngerPublish date:2021-11-02Pages:264
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Minnesota PressISBN-13:9781517912741ISBN-10:1517912741UPC:9781517912741Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Literary, Small Town & RuralSize:8.20 x 5.50 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.7011Product ID:SC5R9X04KR

Radically personal and quintessentially American, an intimate drama at the heart of an apocalyptic vision

On a small farm beside a lake in Minnesota's north woods an old man is waiting for the Rapture, which God has told him will happen in two weeks, on August 19, 1974. When word gets out, Last Days Ranch becomes ground zero for The End, drawing zealots, curiosity seekers, and reporters--among them the prophet's son, a skeptical New York writer suddenly caught between his overbearing father and the news story of a lifetime. Into the mix comes Melanie Magnus, a glamorous actress who has old allegiances to both father and son. Meanwhile, Nixon's resignation has transfixed the nation.

Writing with clear compassion and gentle wit, Lin Enger draws us into these disparate yet inextricably linked lives, each enacting a part in a drama forever being replayed and together moving toward a conclusion that will take all of them--and us--by surprise. Set during a time that resonates with our own tension-filled moment, American Gospel cuts close to the battles occurring within ourselves and for the soul of the nation, and in doing so radiates light on a dark strain in America's psyche, when the false security of dogma competes with the risky tumult of freedom.

Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Minnesota PressISBN-13:9781517912741ISBN-10:1517912741UPC:9781517912741Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Literary, Small Town & RuralSize:8.20 x 5.50 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.7011Product ID:SC5R9X04KR

Lin Enger has published two previous novels, Undiscovered Country and The High Divide, a finalist for awards from the Midwest Booksellers Association, the Society of Midland Authors, and Reading the West. His stories have been published in literary journals such as Glimmer Train, Ascent, and American Fiction. A graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, he has received a James Michener Award, a Minnesota State Arts Board Fellowship, and a Jerome travel grant. He teaches English at Minnesota State University Moorhead.


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