The Power of the Dog

Name: The Power of the Dog
SKU: 35242285
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NOW AN OSCAR AND BAFTA WINNING FILM STARRING BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH

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Thomas Savage

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"Difficult and superb"

Review by Sandra on 1st April, 2022

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Not and ‘easy’ read but at the same time it is excellent! (and the film is superb). Subtle, sad, funny, complex, life-confronting, timeless. At first I found I had to put it down but then felt compelled to continue – I'm glad I did. Compelling really does apply to the writing. Having seen the film I'll re-read the book. I'll only lend this book to friends who I know will return it!

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A powerfully tense tale of domestic tyranny set against the wild open spaces of the American West - another rediscovered classic from the publishers of Stoner Discover Thomas Savage's dark poetic tale of a small town in early 20th century American that inspired the new Jane Campion film. Phil and George are brothers and joint owners of the biggest ranch in their Montana valley. Phil is the bright one, George the plodder. Phil is tall and angular; George is stocky and silent. Phil is a brilliant chess player, a voracious reader, an eloquent storyteller; George learns slowly, and devotes himself to the business. They sleep in the room they shared as boys, and so it has been for forty years. When George unexpectedly marries a young widow and brings her to live at the ranch, Phil begins a relentless campaign to destroy his brother's new wife. But he reckons without an unlikely protector. From its visceral first paragraph to its devastating twist of an ending, The Power of the Dog will hold you in its grip. WITH AN AFTERWORD BY ANNIE PROULX 'With its echoes of East of Eden and Brokeback Mountain, this satisfyingly complex story deserves another shot at rounding up public admiration' Guardian

Author Biography:

Thomas Savage was born on 25 April 1915 in Salt Lake City, Utah, to a large sheep-ranching family. His parents divorced when he was two years old, and on his mother's remarriage Savage moved with her to Montana. He studied at the University of Montana and worked as a ranch hand for several years, but when an article he wrote on horse-breaking was published in Coronet magazine in 1937, Savage enrolled at Colby College in Maine to study English. He went on to have a variety of jobs, including welder, insurance man and plumber as well as teaching English at Brandeis and Vassar. His first novel, The Pass, was published in 1944 and he went on to write twelve more, including The Power of the Dog. He was awarded a Guggenheim fellowship in 1980. Thomas Savage died in Virginia on 25 July 2003, aged eighty-eight.

Release date NZ

November 23rd, 2021

Author

Thomas Savage

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Contributor

Afterword by Annie Proulx

Pages

304

Dimensions

129x198x18

ISBN-13

9781784877842

Product ID

35242285

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