A Prayer for the Dying

A Prayer for the Dying

Stewart O'Nan

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Date added: May 31, 2023
Last modified: Mar 25, 2024
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Languages English
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Publisher: Henry Holt and Co.
Published: Jan 2, 1999

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New York Times Book Review Notable Book of the Year Set in Friendship, Wisconsin, just after the Civil War, A Prayer for the Dying tells of a horrible epidemic that is suddenly and gruesomely killing the town's residents and setting off a terrifying paranoia. Jacob Hansen, Friendship's sheriff, undertaker, and pastor, is soon overwhelmed by the fear and anguish around him, and his sanity begins to fray. Dark, poetic, and chilling, Stewart O'Nan's A Prayer for the Dying examines the effect of madness and violence on the morality of a once-decent man.