Testament of Gideon Mack

A Scottish minister who doesn’t believe in God meets the devil in this beguiling American debut  A good man—and a good minister despite his atheism—Gideon Mack leads a respectable life that is shattered when he falls down a ravine and into the raging river below. Presumed dead, he emerges three days later, alive and claiming he had been rescued by the devil. After being suspended from the Church, mocked by the tabloids, and shunned as a madman, Gideon disappears. The case is considered closed until a publisher receives what appears to be Gideon’s posthumous memoir of his experience and the unusual life that preceded it.  The son of a minister, Gideon grew up in a joyless house under his father’s repressive thumb until a fateful clash over an episode of Batman sets him free—or so he thinks. Decades later, Gideon’s life is upended when he discovers an enormous stone in the local woods whose mysterious—and possibly supernatural—appearance begins to unravel his understanding of truth, faith, and how much we can trust our own perceptions.  The Testament of Gideon Mack is a riveting and brilliantly imagined novel that heralds the arrival of a true original to American shores.

Literature & Fiction

James Robertson

Contemporary

HAMILTON HAMISH (PEN

A New York Times Bestseller From the National Book Award-winning author of Waiting comes a powerful, unflinching novel that opens a window on an unknown aspect of a little-known war - the experiences of Chinese POWs held by Americans during the Korean conflict. Set in 1951-1953, War Trash takes the form of the memoir of Yu Yuan, a young Chinese army officer with the corps of "volunteers" sent by Mao to help shore up the Communist side in Korea. Ha Jin draws on true historical accounts to render the complex world the prisoners inhabit.

War Trash

History

Ha, Jin

Military

Afterlands

Steven Heighton

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