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Wounded

by (author) Percival Everett

Publisher
Graywolf
Initial publish date
Sep 2005
Category
Literary
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9781555974275
    Publish Date
    Sep 2005
    List Price
    $26.5

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Training horses is dangerous--a head-to-head confrontation with a 1,000 pounds of muscle and little sense takes courage, but more importantly patience and smarts. It is these same qualities that allow John and his uncle Gus to live in the beautiful high desert of Wyoming. A black horse trainer is a curiosity, at the very least, but a familiar curiosity in these parts. It is the brutal murder of a young gay man, however, that pushes this small community to the teetering edge of fear and tolerance.

As the first blizzard of the season gains momentum, John is forced to reckon not only with the daily burden of unruly horses, a three-legged coyote pup, an escape-artist mule, and too many people, but also a father-son war over homosexuality, random hate-crimes, and—perhaps most frightening of all--a chance for love.

Highly praised for his storytelling and ability to address the toughest issues of our time with humor, grace, and originality, Everett offers yet another brilliant novel.

About the author

Contributor Notes

Percival Everett is a professor of English at the University of Southern California and the author of sixteen books, includingAmerican Desert,Erasure, andGlyph. He lives in Los Angeles and British Columbia.