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Item specifics
- Condition
- Country of Origin
- United States
- Ex Libris
- No
- Narrative Type
- Fiction
- Personalize
- No
- Inscribed
- No
- Type
- Novel
- Features
- 1st Edition, Dust Jacket, 1st Printing
- Vintage
- No
- Personalized
- No
- Intended Audience
- Adults
- Signed
- No
- ISBN
- 9781948908412
- Book Title
- Brightest Place in the World : a Novel
- Book Series
- Western Literature and Fiction Ser.
- Publisher
- University of Nevada Press
- Item Length
- 8.5 in
- Publication Year
- 2020
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.5 in
- Genre
- Fiction
- Topic
- Urban, Family Life, Literary
- Item Weight
- 16 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.5 in
- Number of Pages
- 240 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Nevada Press
ISBN-10
1948908417
ISBN-13
9781948908412
eBay Product ID (ePID)
12038572880
Product Key Features
Book Title
Brightest Place in the World : a Novel
Number of Pages
240 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2020
Topic
Urban, Family Life, Literary
Genre
Fiction
Book Series
Western Literature and Fiction Ser.
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.5 in
Item Weight
16 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2019-055458
TitleLeading
The
Reviews
Every few years a writer comes along to tell us a new story about a place we thought we knew. David Philip Mullins is that writer. Las Vegas is his world. Gone are the glitter and the glamour; revealed are the jarring effects of an industrial disaster in a massive, ever-changing city. Through four compelling characters, Mullins examines the universal themes of family, loss, sex, and the yearning to communicate. Carefully written in beautiful prose, The Brightest Place in the World is a moving and stunning novel from a natural writer., Every few years a writer comes along to tell us a new story about a place we thought we knew. David Philip Mullins is that writer. Las Vegas is his world. Gone are the glitter and the glamour; revealed are the jarring effects of an industrial disaster in a massive, ever-changing city. Through four compelling characters, Mullins examines the universal themes of family, loss, sex, and the yearning to communicate. Carefully written in beautiful prose, The Brightest Place in the World is a moving and stunning novel from a natural writer. -- Chris Offutt , author of My Father, the Pornographer and Country Dark The Brightest Place in the World portrays how tragedy and grief upend us and turn us reckless. Mullins writes with grace, and with tenderness for his characters. Through his storytelling, a nuanced and intimate Las Vegas--a town full of both heartache and love--comes alive. -- Edan Lepucki , New York Times bestselling author of California and Woman No. 17 In The Brightest Place in the World , David Philip Mullins deftly incorporates a ferocious chemical plant explosion outside Las Vegas in a narrative about the shocks and emotional resonance of loss, exploring how four expertly delineated characters try to reconstruct their lives in the aftermath. It's a book as intriguing as it is artfully made. -- Ron Hansen , author of Mariette in Ecstasy and Atticus A traumatic explosion reverberates beyond the physical in this remarkable debut novel from David Philip Mullins.... Las Vegas itself emerges as a character in this finely wrought and keenly observed story, which shines a brilliant light on the fragile ties that bind us. -- Allison Amend , author of A Nearly Perfect Copy and Enchanted Islands My life stopped for two days while I read this novel. The Brightest Place in the World accomplishes what only our best art attempts. In these pages, David Philip Mullins tracks the vagaries and desires of people we recognize as they deal with the unthinkable: illicit sex, crazy scams, betrayals, loneliness. This book is a love letter to Las Vegas, the western desert, and, most of all, the mysteries of the human heart. -- Charles Bock , New York Times bestselling author of Beautiful Children and Alice & Oliver Mullins's sentences shimmer and shine, dazzling the reader like the lights of the Las Vegas Strip. But there's so much beyond the beauty of the writing. As these characters navigate the horrific aftermath of a tragedy, we witness the full spectrum of human strengths and failings. The Brightest Place in the World is an extraordinary novel, full of turns and revelations, of humanity and compassion. -- Ian Stansel , author of The Last Cowboys of San Geronimo, A traumatic explosion reverberates beyond the physical in this remarkable debut novel from David Philip Mullins.... Las Vegas itself emerges as a character in this finely wrought and keenly observed story, which shines a brilliant light on the fragile ties that bind us., In The Brightest Place in the World, David Philip Mullins deftly incorporates a ferocious chemical plant explosion outside Las Vegas in a narrative about the shocks and emotional resonance of loss, exploring how four expertly delineated characters try to reconstruct their lives in the aftermath. It's a book as intriguing as it is artfully made., My life stopped for two days while I read this novel. The Brightest Place in the World accomplishes what only our best art attempts. In these pages, David Philip Mullins tracks the vagaries and desires of people we recognize as they deal with the unthinkable: illicit sex, crazy scams, betrayals, loneliness. This book is a love letter to Las Vegas, the western desert, and, most of all, the mysteries of the human heart., The Brightest Place in the World portrays how tragedy and grief upend us and turn us reckless. Mullins writes with grace, and with tenderness for his characters. Through his storytelling, a nuanced and intimate Las Vegas--a town full of both heartache and love--comes alive., Mullins's sentences shimmer and shine, dazzling the reader like the lights of the Las Vegas Strip. But there's so much beyond the beauty of the writing. As these characters navigate the horrific aftermath of a tragedy, we witness the full spectrum of human strengths and failings. The Brightest Place in the World is an extraordinary novel, full of turns and revelations, of humanity and compassion.
Grade From
Second Grade
Dewey Decimal
813/.6
Synopsis
Winner of the 2021 Nebraska Book Award for Fiction! Inspired by true events, The Brightest Place in the World traces the lives of four characters haunted by an industrial disaster. On an ordinary sunny morning in 2012, a series of explosions level a chemical plant on the outskirts of Las Vegas. The shock waves are felt as far away as Fremont Street. Homes and businesses suffer broken windows and caved-in roofs. Hundreds are injured, and eight employees of the plant are unaccounted for, presumed dead. One of the missing is maintenance technician Andrew Huntley, a husband and father who is an orbital force in the novel as those who loved him grapple with his loss. Andrew's best friend, Russell Martin--an anxiety-plagued bartender who calms his nerves with a steady inflow of weed--misses him more than he might a brother. Meanwhile Emma, Russell's wife--a blackjack dealer at a downtown casino--tries to keep her years-long affair with Andrew hidden. Simon Addison, a manager at the plant who could have saved Andrew's life, is afflicted by daily remorse, combined with a debilitating knowledge of his own cowardice. And then there's Maddie, Andrew's only child, a model high-school student whose response to the tragedy is to experiment with shoplifting and other deviant behavior. Against the sordid backdrop of Las Vegas--and inspired by the PEPCON disaster of May 4, 1988--this engaging novel is a story of grief and regret, disloyalty and atonement, infatuation and love., Inspired by true events, The Brightest Place in the World traces the lives of four characters haunted by an industrial disaster. On an ordinary sunny morning in 2012, a series of explosions level a chemical plant on the outskirts of Las Vegas. The shock waves are felt as far away as Fremont Street. Homes and businesses suffer broken windows and caved-in roofs. Hundreds are injured, and eight employees of the plant are unaccounted for, presumed dead. One of the missing is maintenance technician Andrew Huntley, a husband and father who is an orbital force in the novel as those who loved him grapple with his loss. Andrew's best friend, Russell Martin--an anxiety-plagued bartender who calms his nerves with a steady inflow of weed--misses him more than he might a brother. Meanwhile Emma, Russell's wife--a blackjack dealer at a run-down downtown casino--tries to keep her years-long affair with Andrew hidden. Simon Addison, a manager at the plant who could have saved Andrew's life, is afflicted by daily remorse, combined with a debilitating knowledge of his own cowardice. And then there's Mattie, Andrew's only child, a model high-school student whose response to the tragedy is to experiment with shoplifting and other deviant behavior. Against the sordid backdrop of Las Vegas--and inspired by the PEPCON disaster of May 4th, 1988--this engaging novel is a story of grief and regret, disloyalty and atonement, infatuation and love., Based on a true event, The Brightest Place in the World traces the lives and interactions of six Las Vegans in the wake of an industrial disaster. Grief and regret, disloyalty and atonement, infatuation and love--all are on display as the characters struggle to recover and adjust when their lives are forever changed.
LC Classification Number
PS3613.U4536B75 2020
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