- Fiction, Mentally ill, Twins, Brothers
E-book extra: "Who Is Wally Lamb?" The author recalls events surrounding the acclaimed publication of I Know This Much Is True. ( Not available in print editions of this work.)Wally Lamb's masterful novel of transgression and redemption, now in e-book format.A contemporary retelling of an ancient Hindu myth: a proud king must confront his demons to achieve salvation. Change yourself, the myth instructs, and you will inhabit a renovated world....
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Contemporary, earnest, contemplative and grave.
- contemporarynostalgic
- earnestironic
- contemplativerelentless
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
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About the book
- Author
- Wally Lamb
- First published
- April 1, 1998
- Pages
- 912
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers, ReganBooks, Harper
- Editions
- 14
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780060392574
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On Open Library, 12 have read it and 46 want to.
“On the afternoon of October 12, 1990, my twin brother Thomas entered the Three Rivers, Connecticut Public Library, retreated to one of the rear study carrels, and prayed to God the sacrifice he was about to commit would be deemed acceptable.”
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