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Darkansas : a novel / Jarret Middleton.
Returning home to the Ozarks for the wedding of his twin brother, Jordan uncovers a dark vein in the Bayne family history: going back to the end of the Civil War, every generation of Bayne men have been twins - and one twin has always murdered their father. As old tensions resurface, Jordan searches out the surreal origins of his family and a way to escape the murder that is his inheritance. Following the brothers' every move are a mysterious hill dweller and his grotesque partner, a duo that will stop at nothing to make sure the Baynes' cursed legacy lives on.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781945814297
- Physical Description: 203 pages ; 23 cm
- Edition: First U.S. edition.
- Publisher: Ann Arbor, Michigan : Dzanc Books, 2017.
- Copyright: ©2017.
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| Subject: | Family secrets > Fiction. Twin brothers > Fiction. Country musicians > Fiction. Fathers and sons > Fiction. Blessing and cursing > Fiction. Arkansas > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Historical fiction. Paranormal fiction. |
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- Perseus Publishing
A Powellâs Top Five Staff Pick of 2017
A Library Journal Top Fall Indie Fiction Pick
The Nervous Breakdown Book Club Official Selection November 2017
A Spinetingler Magazine Best Books of 2017
A Barnes & Noble Recommended Read
A Chicago Review of Books Recommended Read
A Volume 1 Brooklyn Recommended Read
A Book Riot Recommended ReadJordan is a country musician living in the shadow of his father, bluegrass legend Walker Bayne. A man who has made a lifetime of poor decisions, Jordan bounces between dive bars, accruing women and drinking himself to the brink of disaster. When he returns home to the Ozarks for his twin brotherâs wedding, Jordan discovers a curse that has haunted the Bayne family for generations.
As old tensions resurface and Jordan searches for a way to escape his familyâs legacy, a mysterious hill dweller and his grotesque partner stalk the brothersâ every move, determined to see the curse through to its end. Praised by Donald Ray Pollock as "one of the best debuts of the year," Middleton establishes himself as a novelist in good company with Brian Panowich and Smith Henderson, yet in a category all his own.
