Breathing Out the Ghost - Hardcover

Kirk Curnutt

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1579660703 ISBN 13: 9781579660703

Publisher: River City Publishing, 2008

Synopsis

"Colin is looking for his son and the man he believes responsible for the boy's disappearance. Assisting him is a PI who lost his license and whose warped sense of duty ties him to Colin. A noir thriller, a tale of the consequences of unchecked grief andpainful truths"--Provided by publisher.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

When his child goes missing, Colin St. Claire descends into a self-made hell, destroying himself even as he searches for his beloved son A.J. Those around him must not only deal with the mystery, but attempt to save Colin as well. The answer may lie with an embattled farmer's wife, whose own daughter was claimed by violence, years prior.

Review:

"Curnutt is bold and resourceful. The pain in these stories is tempered by the kind of playfulness and wry acceptance that most of us have come to trust in the face of life's hard knocks."

"These stories are so well crafted that you almost don't notice--but they are not merely well crafted; their depth of observation and emotional range raises them to the level of art. A very impressive debut."

About this edition

• Publisher: River City Publishing
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1579660703
• ISBN 13: 9781579660703
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 300
• Editor: Jim Gilbert