LEADER 00000nam  22003614i 4500 
001    sky261531954 
003    SKY 
005    20141231200503.0 
008    140708s2014    nyu    e      000 1 eng   
010    2014016018 
020    9781616149987 (paperback) 
020    1616149981 (paperback) 
040    DLC|beng|erda|cDLC|dCoBoFLC|dSKYRV|dUtOrBLW 
082 00 813/.6|223 
092    |fF|aESKENS 
100 1  Eskens, Allen,|d1963- 
245 14 The life we bury /|ca novel by Allen Eskens. 
264  1 Amherst, NY :|bSeventh Street Books, an imprint of 
       Prometheus Books,|c2014. 
300    303 pages ;|c21 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent. 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia. 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier. 
520    "College student Joe Talbert has the modest goal of 
       completing a writing assignment for an English class. His 
       task is to interview a stranger and write a brief 
       biography of the person. With deadlines looming, Joe heads
       to a nearby nursing home to find a willing subject. There 
       he meets Carl Iverson, and soon nothing in Joe's life is 
       ever the same.  Iverson is a dying Vietnam veteran--and a 
       convicted murderer. With only a few months to live, he has
       been medically paroled to a nursing home, after spending 
       thirty years in prison for the crimes of rape and murder. 
       As Joe writes about Carl's life, especially Carl's valor 
       in Vietnam, he cannot reconcile the heroism of the soldier
       with the despicable acts of the convict. Joe, along with 
       his skeptical female neighbor, throws himself into 
       uncovering the truth, but he is hamstrung in his efforts 
       by having to deal with his dangerously dysfunctional 
       mother, the guilt of leaving his autistic brother 
       vulnerable, and a haunting childhood memory.  Thread by 
       thread, Joe unravels the tapestry of Carl's conviction. 
       But by the time Joe discovers the truth, it is too late to
       escape the fallout"--|cProvided by publisher. 
650  0 College students|vFiction. 
650  0 Veterans|vFiction. 
650  0 Dysfunctional families|vFiction. 
650  0 Detective and mystery stories. 
655  7 Mystery fiction.|2gsafd