Winner of the National Book Award

A Novel of Fame, Honor, and Really Bad Weather

De: Jincy Willett

Narrado por: Susan Boyce

Set in Rhode Island, Winner of the National Book Award tells the story of twins who could not be more different. Abigail Mather is a woman of passionate sensual and sexual appetites, while her sister, the book-loving local librarian Dorcas, lives a quiet life of the mind. But when the sisters are sought out by the predatory and famous poet, Guy DeVilbiss, who introduces them to Hollywood hack writer and possible psychopath Conrad Lowe, they rapidly become pawns in a game that leads to betrayal, shame and ultimately, murder.

Darkly comic and satirical, Jincy Willett’s Winner of the National Book Award is unnervingly funny and disarmingly tender whether she is writing about sex, literary delusion, or Yankee pretension.

©2003 Jincy Willett (P)2022 Blackstone Publishing

a poetic character study

Jincy Willet's writing is poetically wry; her observations are acute and often funny- but the "story" here is less story and more (fictional) biography in terms of "plot". This is a good book for readers, writers, and people who love Rhode Island. However, don't expect a thrilling plot or climax.

Title is COMPLETELY MISLEADING

Disgusting story, vile and silly in its dramatic presentation. Nothing remotely redeeming in this book. Title is a manipulation of buyers who might expect something more from a National Book Award winner. Was that in fact the case. Were I they ( NBA committee) I’d sue!