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The ghost clause, Howard Norman

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  • National Book Award Finalist Howard Norman delivers another "provocative . . . haunting"* novel, this time set in a Vermont village and featuring a missing child, a newly married private detective, and a highly relatable ghost<br /><br /> (*Janet Maslin, <i>New York Times</i>)
  • "Simon Inescort is no longer bodily present in his marriage. It's been several months since he keeled over the rail of a Nova Scotia-bound ferry, a massive heart attack to blame. Simon's widow, Lorca Pell, has sold their farmhouse to newlyweds Zachary and Muriel--after revealing that the deed contains a "ghost clause," an actual legal clause, not unheard of in Vermont, allowing for reimbursement if a recently purchased home turns out to be haunted. In fact, Simon finds himself still at home: "Every waking moment, I'm astonished I have any consciousness ... what am I to call myself now, a revenant?" He spends time replaying his marriage in his own mind, as if in poignant reel-to-reel, while also engaging in occasionally intimate observation of the new homeowners. But soon the crisis of a missing child, a local eleven-year-old, threatens the tenuous domestic equilibrium, as the weight of the case falls to Zachary, a rookie private detective with the Green Mountain Agency."--
Language
eng
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Extent
245 pages
Isbn
9780544987296
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The ghost clause
Title
The ghost clause
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Howard Norman
Creator
Author
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
  • National Book Award Finalist Howard Norman delivers another "provocative . . . haunting"* novel, this time set in a Vermont village and featuring a missing child, a newly married private detective, and a highly relatable ghost<br /><br /> (*Janet Maslin, <i>New York Times</i>)
  • "Simon Inescort is no longer bodily present in his marriage. It's been several months since he keeled over the rail of a Nova Scotia-bound ferry, a massive heart attack to blame. Simon's widow, Lorca Pell, has sold their farmhouse to newlyweds Zachary and Muriel--after revealing that the deed contains a "ghost clause," an actual legal clause, not unheard of in Vermont, allowing for reimbursement if a recently purchased home turns out to be haunted. In fact, Simon finds himself still at home: "Every waking moment, I'm astonished I have any consciousness ... what am I to call myself now, a revenant?" He spends time replaying his marriage in his own mind, as if in poignant reel-to-reel, while also engaging in occasionally intimate observation of the new homeowners. But soon the crisis of a missing child, a local eleven-year-old, threatens the tenuous domestic equilibrium, as the weight of the case falls to Zachary, a rookie private detective with the Green Mountain Agency."--
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Norman, Howard A
Dewey number
813/.54
Index
no index present
LC call number
PR9199.3.N564
LC item number
G48 2019
Literary form
fiction
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Ghosts
  • Missing children
  • Married people
  • Private investigators
  • Vermont
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The ghost clause, Howard Norman
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volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
22 cm
Extent
245 pages
Isbn
9780544987296
Lccn
2018036020
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
2018036020
Label
The ghost clause, Howard Norman
Publication
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
22 cm
Extent
245 pages
Isbn
9780544987296
Lccn
2018036020
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
2018036020

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