The magnificent second novel from the Pulitzer Prizewinning author of The Overstory and the forthcoming Bewilderment.Accomplished . . . mature and assured. . . . A major American novelist. New RepublicSomething is wrong with Eddie Hobson, Sr., father of four, sometime history teacher, quiz master, black humorist, and virtuoso invalid. His recurring fainting spells have worsened, and given his ingrained aversion to doctors, his worried family tries to discover the nature of his sickness. Meanwhile, in private, Eddie puts the finishing touches on a secret project he calls Hobbstown, a place that he promises will save him, the world, and everything thats in it. A dazzling novel of compassion and imagination, Prisoners Dilemma is a story of the power of individual experience.
ISBN: | 9780063119444 |
Publication date: | 27th July 2021 |
Author: | Powers, Richard |
Publisher: | HarperCollins |
Format: | Ebook (Epub) |