Fruit of the Dead: A Novel

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Named a Best Book of the Year by Oprah Daily * &“Mesmerizing.&” —Town & Country * &“Twisty and unsettling.&” —People * &“Ancient Greece meets Succession by way of Emma Cline…deliciously dark.&” —Ruth Gilligan * A &“superb…refreshing&” (The New York Times Book Review) reimagining of the myth of Persephone and Demeter set on a lush private island, exploring themes of addiction and sex, family, independence, and who holds the power in a modern underworld.Camp counselor Cory Ansel, eighteen and aimless, afraid to face her high-strung single mother&’s disappointment, is no longer sure where home is when the father of one of her campers offers an alternative. The CEO of a pharmaceutical company, Rolo Picazo is wealthy, divorced, and magnetic. He is also intoxicated by Cory. When Rolo offers her a job, Cory quiets an internal warning and allows herself to be ferried to his private island. Plied with luxury and the opiates manufactured by his company, she tells herself she&’s in charge. Her mother, Emer, head of a teetering agricultural NGO, senses otherwise. With her daughter seemingly vanished, Emer crosses land and sea to heed a cry for help that only she can hear. Alternating between the two women&’s perspectives, Fruit of the Dead incorporates its mythic inspiration with a light touch and devastating precision. The result is a tale that explores love, control, obliteration, and America&’s late-capitalist mythos. Lyon&’s reinvention of Persephone and Demeter&’s story makes for a haunting, electric novel that readers will not soon forget.
Copyright:
2024

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
320 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781668020876
Related ISBNs:
9781668020869
Publisher:
Scribner
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Copyrighted By:
Rachel Lyon
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Literature and Fiction
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Bookshare Staff
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