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American Purgatory

Name: American Purgatory
ISBN: 9781839780417

By
- Rebecca Gayle Howell
Publisher
- Eyewear Publishing

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Language: English
Format
Category: Lyric Poetry & Drama

American Purgatory is a story of the working class, a dystopia set in a near-future United States marked by severe drought, herbicidal warfare, and a totalitarian climate of poverty. This purgatory is populated by those who believe if that they work hard enough, they will be set free. Against this backdrop, three unlikely characters begin a journey that will take them away from work, belief, and even each other, until the protagonist uncovers the truth about this place and the people in it—a truth that indeed sets her free. Equal parts Dante and Cormac McCarthy, American Purgatory is a coming-of-age for capitalism written in the decade of tea-party terror.

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Winner of the 2016 Sexton Prize, selected for publication by Don Share

Release date

Ebook: 5 July 2020