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For Those Who Hunt the Wounded Down
For Those Who Hunt the Wounded Down | David Adams Richards
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A suspenseful and moving novel which has at its centre one of Richards most memorable and haunting characters. It is the fall of 1989 in a small Miramichi mill town. Jerry Bines is acquitted of murder and returns home to his estranged wife and young son, with hopes for a new beginning. But when he learns that Gary Percy Rils has escaped from prison, he has good reason to fear for his own safety and that of others. In his attempts to protect his family from Rils by taking him under his wing, Bines sets in motion a series of events that ultimately leads to tragedy. The story of what happens unfolds piece by piece, as related by police reports, interviews, and by a man to a boy. Vivid in its sense of place, this penetrating chronicle of lives is both dark and redemptive, devastating and comic. This novel was made into a Gemini Award-winning film of the same name.From the Trade Paperback edition.
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My first time reading David Adams Richards, and apparently I started with the last book in a trilogy? 🤷‍♀️ It didn't seem to detract from the story. It was good, with an interesting and compelling voice. Not the book for people who like plot oriented stories, but a good character study. That said, I'm glad it wasn't any longer as it is fairly bleak and depressing.

MsMelissa Is Mercy Among The Children part of the trilogy? If so, I hope it‘s the first book since that one is my NB choice. 4y
llwheeler @MsMelissa it's not, that one is newer. I'll look forward to your review! 4y
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