Forna, Aminatta — The Hired Man

New York, Atlantic Monthly Press, 2013. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn. Bound handsomely in pumpkin-brown cloth over boards, brown cloth-backed, publisher logo stamped to front board. The setting of this fine novel, Gost, is surrounded by mountains and fields of wild flowers, and the Summer is hot and the Winter, cold. An old house has lain empty for years, glass darkened with dirt, and into the home comes Laura and her teenage children. Nearby lives Duro Kolak, alone with his two hunting dogs, and as he helps Laura to repair the house they uncover a mosaic beneath the ruined plaster and restore it, revealing much about Gost in the process. 193 [1] pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . As New/Fine,