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The Outlander
Contributor(s): Adamson, Gil (Author)
ISBN: 0061491349     ISBN-13: 9780061491344
Publisher: Ecco Press
OUR PRICE:   $15.29  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: June 2009
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Annotation: In 1903 a mysterious young woman flees alone across the West, one heart-pounding step ahead of the law. At nineteen, Mary Boulton has just become a widow--and her husband's killer. As bloodhounds track her frantic race toward the mountains, she is tormented by mad visions and by the knowledge that her two ruthless brothers-in-law are in pursuit, determined to avenge their younger brother's death. Responding to little more than the primitive fight for life, the widow retreats ever deeper into the wilderness--and into the wilds of her own mind--encountering an unforgettable cast of eccentrics along the way.

With the stunning prose and captivating mood of great works like Charles Frazier's "Cold Mountain" or early Cormac McCarthy, Gil Adamson's intoxicating debut novel weds a brilliant literary style to the gripping tale of one woman's desperate escape.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Westerns - General
- Fiction | Women
- Fiction | Action & Adventure
Dewey: FIC
Series: P.S.
Physical Information: 0.97" H x 5.46" W x 7.92" (0.67 lbs) 416 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Canadian
 
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Publisher Description:

"A remarkable first novel, full of verve, beautifully written, and with all the panache of a great adventure."
--Michael Ondaatje

In 1903 a mysterious young woman flees alone across the West, one heart-pounding step ahead of the law. At 19, Mary Boulton has just become a widow--and her husband's killer. As bloodhounds track her frantic race toward the mountains, she is tormented by the knowledge that her two ruthless brothers-in-law are in pursuit, determined to avenge their younger brother's death. Responding to little more than the primitive fight for life, the widow retreats ever deeper into the wilderness--and into the wilds of her own mind--encountering an unforgettable cast of eccentrics along the way.


With the stunning prose and captivating mood of great works like Charles Frazier's Cold Mountain or early Cormac McCarthy, Gil Adamson's intoxicating debut novel is the brilliant and gripping tale of one woman's desperate escape.


Contributor Bio(s): Adamson, Gil: -

Gil Adamson is the author of two books of poetry and a collection of stories, Help Me, Jacques Cousteau. The Outlander is her first novel. She lives with fellow writer Kevin Connolly in Toronto.