- New York Times bestseller, Historical Fiction, General Fiction, Fiction and Literature
In 1972, when workers in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, were digging the foundations for a new development, the last thing they expected to find was a skeleton at the bottom of a well. Who the skeleton was and how it got there were two of the long-held secrets kept by the residents of Chicken Hill, the dilapidated neighbourhood where immigrant Jews and African Americans lived side by side and shared ambitions and sorrows.
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Earnest, grave, classical in form and contemplative.
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- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- contemplativerelentless
- rawmeticulous
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- Author
- James McBride
- First published
- 2023
- Pages
- 561
- Publisher
- Riverhead Books, Random House Large Print, Gallmeister
- Editions
- 10
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780593422946
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“There was an old Jew who lived at the site of the old synagogue up on Chicken Hill in the town of Pottstown, Pa., and when Pennsylvania State Troopers found the skeleton at the bottom of an old well off Hayes Street, the old Jew's house was the first place they went to.”
James McBride (born September 11, 1957) is an American writer and musician. He is the recipient of the 2013 National Book Award for fiction for his novel *The Good Lord Bird*.
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