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Literature & Fiction

Sins of Our Fathers

Sins of Our Fathers

From the screenwriter of the Oscar-nominatedÂ House of Sand and Fog, a fierce, elegant, page-turning novel about race, money, and the American Dream

***Finalist for the 2015 Los Angeles Times Book Prize***

Sins of Our FathersÂ follows small-town banker J.W., who has been caught embezzling funds to support his gambling addiction.Â J.W. is onÂ the verge ofÂ losing everything when his boss offers him a scoundrel's path to redemption: sabotageÂ a competing,Â Native banker named Johnny Eagle.Â

A single father, Eagle recentlyÂ returned to the reservation, leaving a high-powered job in the hope ofÂ simultaneously empowering his community and saving his troubled son.Â

When J.W.Â moves onto the reservation and begins to work his way close to Eagle, hundredsÂ of years of racial animosities rise toÂ the surface, inexorably driving the charactersÂ toward a Shakespearean and shattering conclusion.
Country USA
Brand Milkweed Editions
Manufacturer Milkweed Editions
Binding Hardcover
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781571311092
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

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