{"product_id":"honey-from-the-lion-paperback","title":"Honey from the Lion - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMatthew Neill Null\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShortlisted for the L.D. and LaVerne Harrell Clark Fiction Prize \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this lyrical and suspenseful debut novel, a turn-of-the-century logging company decimates ten thousand acres of virgin forest in the West Virginia Alleghenies--and transforms a brotherhood of timber wolves into revolutionaries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter fleeing his childhood farm in the wake of scandal, Cur Greathouse arrives at the Cheat River Paper \u0026amp; Pulp Company's Blackpine camp, where an unlikely family of sawyers offers him new hope. But the work there is exacting and dangerous--with men's worth measured in ledger columns. Whispers of a union strike pass from bunk to bunk. Against the rasp of the misery whip and the crash of felled hemlock and red spruce, Cur encounters a cast of characters who will challenge his loyalties: a minister grasping after his dwindling congregation, a Syrian peddler who longs to put down his pack and open a store, a slighted Slovenian wife turned activist, and a trio of reckless land barons. Cur must accept or betray the call to lead a rebellion--and finally reconcile a forbidden love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eManuel Mu oz says of reading Matthew Neill Null's image-rich prose, \"The real pleasure--and certainly not the only one--is in the sentences, as complex, deliberately assured, and lethal as Flannery O'Connor's.\" A startling elegy that establishes its author as a tremendous new literary voice, \u003cem\u003eHoney from the Lion\u003c\/em\u003e evokes the ecological devastation and human tragedy behind the Gilded Age, and sings both the land and ordinary lives in all their extraordinary resilience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this lyrical and suspenseful debut novel, a turn-of-the-century logging company decimates ten thousand acres of virgin forest in the West Virginia Alleghenies and transforms a brotherhood of timber wolves into revolutionaries. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e After fleeing his childhood farm in the wake of scandal, Cur Greathouse arrives at the Cheat River Paper \u0026amp; Pulp Company's Blackpine camp, where an unlikely family of sawyers offers him new hope. But the work there is exacting and dangerous with men's worth measured in ledger columns. Whispers of a union strike pass from bunk to bunk. Against the rasp of the misery whip and the crash of felled hemlock and red spruce, Cur encounters a cast of characters who will challenge his loyalties: a minister grasping after his dwindling congregation, a Syrian peddler who longs to put down his pack and open a store, a slighted Slovenian wife turned activist, and a trio of reckless land barons. Cur must accept or betray the call to lead a rebellion and finally reconcile a forbidden love. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Manuel Mu oz says of reading Matthew Neill Null's image-rich prose, \"The real pleasure and certainly not the only one is in the sentences, as complex, deliberately assured, and lethal as Flannery O'Connor's.\" A startling elegy that establishes its author as a tremendous new literary voice, Honey from the Lion evokes the ecological devastation and human tragedy behind the Gilded Age, and sings both the land and ordinary lives in all their extraordinary resilience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMatthew Neill Null is a recipient of the Joseph Brodsky Rome Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Mary McCarthy Prize, and the Michener-Copernicus Society of America Award. His stories appear in \u003cem\u003e American Short Fiction\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e Ecotone\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003e Oxford American\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e Ploughshares\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e The PEN \/O. Henry Prize Stories\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003e The Best American Mystery Stories 2014\u003c\/em\u003e. A native of West Virginia, he holds an MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop and was a fellow at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, Massachusetts. His novel, \u003cem\u003e Honey from the Lion\u003c\/em\u003e (Lookout, 2015), was short listed for the L.D. and LaVerne Harrell Clark Fiction Prize, and his story collection, \u003cem\u003e Allegheny Front\u003c\/em\u003e (Sarabande, 2016), was named a finalist for \u003cem\u003e Foreword\u003c\/em\u003e's INDIE collection of the year.\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 254\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 08, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769872580896,"sku":"9781940596082","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/b6a5ce35b56c3936b71ce8b3b9213213.webp?v=1780358784","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/honey-from-the-lion-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}