Gilead

Marilynne Robinson

Book 1 of Gilead

Language: English

Publisher: Virago

Published: Oct 28, 2004

Page Count: 187
Word Count: 86,087

Description:

In 1956, toward the end of Reverend John Ames's life, he begins a letter to his young son, a kind of last testament to his remarkable forebears. Ames is troubled too by his prodigal namesake, Jack Boughton, his best friend's ne'er-do-well son, who seems to be a living contradiction of everything that Ames stands for.