For Those Who Hunt the Wounded Down
A Canadian Literature, School, Cultural book. Now the end is going to come - in one fashion or another", Bines said, softly, and...
A suspenseful and moving novel which has at its centre one of Richards' most memorable and haunting characters. It is the fall of 1989 in a small Miramichi mill town. Jerry Bines is acquitted of murder and returns home to his estranged wife and young son, with hopes for a new beginning. But when he learns that Gary Percy Rils has escaped from prison, he has good reason to fear for his own safety and that of others. In his attempts to protect his family from Rils by taking him under his wing, Bines sets in motion a series of events that ultimately leads to tragedy. The story of what happens unfolds piece by piece, as related by police reports, interviews, and by a man to a boy. Vivid in its sense of place, this penetrating chronicle of lives is both dark and...
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- Pages: 240 pages
- ISBN: 9780771075155 / 771075154
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Now the end is going to come - in one fashion or another", Bines said, softly, and again he turned to Ralphie and smiled. "We all know, the end will come. You either face your hunters or run from them. David Adams Richards, For Those Who Hunt the Wounded Down // Some people just have more of a chance than others, and some just have to take the chances that they have. I know a lot of people who were more unfortunate than Jerry Bines, who turned out much better- David Adams Richards, For Those Who Hunt the Wounded Down //
For Those Who Hunt the Wounded Down was another novel we read in my seminar class this year, and was my first DAR (David Adams Richards) novel. I KNOW. I don't know how I am Canadian, not to mention a Maritimer, and even worse a New Brunswicker and have not read anything by DAR, (though thankfully I'm not from the 'chi). I blame my... Amazing insight. Third in Mirimachi trilogy. This is my first DAR read, possibly surprising; because I live in New Brunswick. I heard him read last winter and was impressed with the old guy's prose so much I couldn't sluff him off any longer. I picked this thing up for $1 at a library sale. I have two more in my pile.My first reaction: "are people serious about this man's greatness...
