Decent People

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Synopsis
FROM THE CENTER FOR FICTION FIRST NOVEL PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR, THE STORY OF A BLACK COMMUNITY REELING FROM A TRIPLE HOMICIDE AND THE SECRETS THE KILLINGS REVEAL. In the still segregated town of West Mills, North Carolina, in 1976, Marian, Marva, and Lazarus Harmon--three enigmatic siblings--are found shot to death in their home. The people of West Mills--on both sides of the canal that serves as the town's color line are in a frenzy of finger pointing, gossip, and wonder. The crime is the first reported murder in the area in decades, but the white authorities don't seem to have any interest in solving the case. fortunately, one person is determined to do more than talk. Miss Josephine Wright has just moved back to West Mills from New York City to retire and marry a childhood sweetheart, Olympus "Lymp" Seymore. When she discovers that the murder victims are lymp's half siblings, and that Lymp is one of West Mills's leading suspects, she sets out to prove his innocence. But as Jo investigates those who might know the most about the Harmons' deaths, she starts to discover more secrets than she'd ever imagined, and a host of cover ups ranging from medical misuse to illicit affairs that could upend the reputations of many. Propulsive and thought provoking, Decent People is a brilliant novel about shame, race, money, homophobia, and the reckoning required to heal a fractured community. DE'SHAWN CHARLES WINSLOW is the author of In West Mills, a Center for fiction First Novel Prize winner, an American Book Award recipient, and a Willie Morris Award for Southern Fiction winner, and a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book, Lambda Literary, and Publishing Triangle awards. He was born and raised in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, and graduated from the Iowa Writers' Workshop.
Copyright:
2023

Book Details

Book Quality:
Excellent
Book Size:
263 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781635575323
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
De'Shawn Charles Winslow
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Literature and Fiction
Submitted By:
Terry Gorman
Proofread By:
Terry Gorman
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.

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