<![CDATA[Canaan's Tongue]]>

false <![CDATA[Canaan's Tongue]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1187843111m/1760106.jpg 1760106 3 From the acclaimed and prizewinning author of The Right Hand of Sleep (“Brilliant . . . A truly arresting work”—The New York Times Book Review), an explosive allegorical novel set on the eve of the Civil War, about a gang of men hunted by both the Union and the Confederacy for dealing in stolen slaves. Geburah Plantation, 1863: in a crumbling estate on the banks of the Mississippi, eight survivors of the notorious Island 37 Gang wait for the war, or the Pinkerton Detective Agency, to claim them. Their leader, a bizarre charismatic known only as “the Redeemer,” has already been brought to justice, and each day brings the battling armies closer. The hatred these men feel for one another is surpassed only by their fear of their many pursuers. Into this hell comes a mysterious force, an “avenging angel” that compels them, one by one, to a reckoning of their many sins. Canaan’s Tongue is rooted in the criminal world of John Murrell, as infamous in his day as Jesse James or Al Capone. It tells the story of his reluctant protégé, Virgil Ball, who derives riches, sexual privilege, and power from the commerce in stolen slaves, known only as “the Trade”—and discovers, when he finally decides to free himself from the Redeemer’s yoke, that the force he is challenging is far more formidable than he imagined. It is as old as the river, as vast as the country itself, and it is with us to this day. Canaan’s Tongue is a work of extraordinary narrative and emotional power. 1758036 24 5 2005 Canaan's Tongue total:40|5:9|4:16|3:12|2:3|1:0| 40 151 116 7 3 0 false false Wed Apr 08 04:55:46 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 08 05:09:00 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri May 22 19:56:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 22 19:59:19 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false true Sat Dec 27 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 27 16:44:10 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 30 08:15:48 -0800 2008 more...]]> 0 0 false false Mon Jan 26 17:51:07 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 26 17:51:22 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Wed May 27 16:31:55 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 27 06:17:02 -0700 2009 Wed May 27 16:31:55 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Thu Dec 27 18:17:02 -0800 2007 Thu Dec 27 18:20:29 -0800 2007 4 0 false false Sun Jul 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 20 11:55:34 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 26 15:53:23 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Nov 19 18:50:27 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 19 18:50:27 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Thu Nov 12 03:15:04 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 12 03:15:04 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Wed Nov 04 07:48:02 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 04 07:48:02 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Tue Nov 03 03:25:43 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 03 03:25:43 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Mon Oct 26 11:36:38 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 26 11:36:38 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat Oct 03 18:59:56 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 03 18:59:56 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Sep 14 08:21:53 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 14 08:21:53 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Wed Nov 11 15:27:50 -0800 2009 Thu Sep 10 08:45:25 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 10 08:45:32 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Sep 04 07:37:07 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 04 07:37:07 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Sep 03 12:57:40 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 03 12:57:40 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Wed Sep 02 23:39:39 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 02 23:39:39 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Aug 31 10:55:03 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 31 10:55:03 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Wed Sep 02 18:50:36 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 25 09:09:27 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 02 18:50:36 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1760106