Soldier's Joy - by Madison Smartt Bell (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>A Vietnam vet returns to rural Tennessee in this acclaimed novel from the National Book Award-nominated author of <i>Save Me, Joe Louis</i>.</b> <p/> After the horrors of Vietnam, Thomas Laidlaw returns to his home in rural Tennessee where he spends his days raising sheep and growing vegetables. At night he likes to roam the quiet countryside and practice his banjo, revelling in the roots music he finds so grounding. Over time, he resumes his friendship with Rodney Redmon, a fellow vet and childhood friend scarred not only by the wages of war, but also by the deep wounds of racism. <p/> As the two friends piece together a new life as civilians, they also piece together a band with the addition of a fiddler. Through a masterful accumulation of details, Bell brings his story to a fever pitch, concluding in "an unexpected, if powerful, finale" (<i>Publishers Weekly</i>). "This important, insightful novel" (<i>Library Journal</i>) proves once again that "every sentence [Bell] writes is a joy. His power is exhilarating" (<i>The New Yorke</i>r). <p/><b>"</b><b>Bell's impressive talents as a writer, which include endowing settings with the significance of character, and a patient, compassionate probing of injured souls, are on full display." --<i>Publishers Weekly</i></b><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"A big, riveting novel. Bell is a maestro both of style and story." --Walker Percy, author of <i>The Moviegoer</i> "One of our most courageous and large-souled talents." --<i>Chicago Tribune</i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Madison Smartt Bell (b. 1957) is a critically acclaimed novelist. Over the last two decades he has produced more than a dozen novels and story collections, as well as numerous essays and reviews. His books have been finalists for the National Book Award and the PEN/Faulkner Award among other honors. Born and raised outside of Nashville, Bell's fiction is often set in the South, or in New York where he lived as a young writer. Bell and his wife, poet Elizabeth Spires, currently live in Baltimore, Maryland, where they are the codirectors of the writing program at Goucher College. <br>
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