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Affliction: A PEN/Faulkner Finalist American Literature Thriller of Dysfunctional Family and Violence

Affliction

Penned By Russell Banks
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Affliction: A PEN/Faulkner Finalist American Literature Thriller of Dysfunctional Family and Violence

Affliction

Penned By Russell Banks
4.85 17,957 Ratings
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Wade Whitehouse is an improbable protagonist for a tragedy. A well-digger and policeman in a bleak New Hampshire town, he is a former high-school star gone to beer fat, a loner with a mean streak. It is a mark of Russell Banks' artistry and understanding that Wade comes to loom in one's mind as a blue-collar American Everyman afflicted by the dark secret of the macho tradition. Told by his articulate, equally scarred younger brother, Wade's story becomes as spellbinding and inexorable as a fuse burning its way to the dynamite.

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Released September 9, 1989
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