
Scapegoat
Mary Lee Settle(Author)
University of South Carolina Press
Published on 1. May 1996
Book
Paperback/Softback
280 pages
978-1-57003-117-5 (ISBN)
Description
Set in 1912, ""The Scapegoat"" propels readers towards a fateful day in a coal miners' strike when distant relatives of the Beulah dynasty, only dimly aware of their blood ties, face off in a dispute that escalates into a frenzy of violence and ends in the slaughter of an innocent man.
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Edition
Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
South Carolina
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 204 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
381 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-57003-117-5 (9781570031175)
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Mary Lee Settle was born in Charleston, West Virginia, and has lived in England, Turkey, and New York. Her novel Blood Tie won the National Book Award and her novel Choices received the Lillian Smith Award for fiction. Settle's other works include the novels Charley Bland, Celebration, The Clam Shell, The Love Eaters, The Kiss of Kin and a memoir, All the Brave Promises. Settle now lives in Charlottesville, Virginia.