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The Essence of Nathan Biddle by J. William Lewis

Release date: Jun 01, 2021

Winner of the Literary Fiction and Best New Fiction categories of the 2022 International Book Awards

Winner of the Silver Medal in the 2022 Feathered Q Winner of the Literary Fiction and Best New Fiction categories of the 2022 International Book Awards

Winner of the Silver Medal in the 2022 Feathered Quill Awards

Winner of the Regional Fiction—Southeast category in the 15th Annual National Indie Excellence Awards

Winner of the Silver Medal in the Southeast – Best Regional Fiction category of the Independent Publisher IPPY Awards

Protagonist Kit Biddle is a rising prep school senior who finds himself tangled in a web of spiritual quandaries and intellectual absurdities. Kit’s angst is compounded by a unique psychological burden he is forced to carry: his intelligent but unstable Uncle Nat has committed an unspeakable act on what, according to the Uncle’s deranged account, were direct orders from God.

The tragedy haunting his family follows Kit like a dark and foreboding cloud, exacerbating his already compulsive struggle with existential questions about the meaning of his life. When the brilliant, perhaps phantasmic, Anna dismisses him, Kit quickly spirals into despair and self-destruction. But when his irrational decision to steal a maintenance truck and speed aimlessly down the highway ends in a horrific accident and months of both physical and emotional convalescence, Kit is forced to examine his perceptions of his life and his version of reality.

In this exquisite bildungsroman, calamity leads to fresh perspectives and new perceptions: it focuses Kit’s mind and forces him to confront the issues that plague him. Readers will empathize—and celebrate—as the darkness lifts and Kit comes to terms with the necessity of engagement with life’s pain, pleasure . . . and absurdity.

An intelligent, clever, and captivating tale, The Essence of Nathan Biddle soars in the spaces that exist between despair and hope, darkness and light, love and loss. Beautifully written, profoundly moving, and resplendent with characters destined to remain with you long after the last page is turned, The Essence of Nathan Biddle is unforgettable. ...more

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Availability: 100 copies available, 998 people requesting

Giveaway dates: Aug 23 - Sep 06, 2021

Countries available: U.S.

About J. William Lewis

J. William Lewis is the Author of The Essence of Nathan Biddle

Winner of the Literary Fiction and Best New
Fiction categories of the 2022 International
Book Awards

Winner of the Silver Medal in the 2022
Feathered Quill Awards

Winner of the Silver Award in the 2021-2022
Reader Views Literary Awards

A former lawyer, J. William Lewis, lives in Shoal Creek, a suburb of Birmingham, Alabama.

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