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Bloomland
- Author
- John Englehardt
- Narrator
- Charlie Thurston
- Publisher
- Highbridge Company
- Publish Date
- 10 September 2019
- Run Time
- 6 hours 42 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Bloomland opens during finals week at a fictional southern university, when a student walks into the library with his roommate's semi-automatic rifle and opens fire. When he stops shooting, twelve people are dead.
In this richly textured debut, John Englehardt explores how the origin and aftermath of the shooting impacts the lives of three characters: a disillusioned student, a grieving professor, and a young man whose valuation of fear and disconnection funnels him into the role of the aggressor. As the community wrestles with the fallout, Bloomland interrogates social and cultural dysfunction in a nation where mass violence has become all too familiar.
Profound and deeply nuanced, Bloomland is a dazzling debut for fans of Denis Johnson and We Need to Talk About Kevin.
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Details
- Author
- John Englehardt
- Narrator
- Charlie Thurston
- Duration
- 6 hours 42 minutes
- Release Date
- 10 September 2019
- ISBN
- 9781684576685
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Highbridge Company
- Genre
- Fiction: general and literary, Narrative theme: Interior life, Crime and mystery fiction
Synopsis
Winner of the Dzanc Books Prize for FictionBloomland opens during finals week at a fictional southern university, when a student walks into the library with his roommate's semi-automatic rifle and opens fire. When he stops shooting, twelve people are dead.In this richly textured debut, John Englehardt explores how the origin and aftermath of the shooting impacts the lives of three characters: a disillusioned student, a grieving professor, and a young man whose valuation of fear and disconnection funnels him into the role of the aggressor. As the community wrestles with the fallout, Bloomland interrogates social and cultural dysfunction in a nation where mass violence has become all too familiar.Profound and deeply nuanced, Bloomland is a dazzling debut for fans of Denis Johnson and We Need to Talk About Kevin.
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