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Legend of a Suicide

Legend of a Suicide

David Vann

Roy is still young when his father, a failed dentist and hapless fisherman, commits suicide on the deck of his boat. Throughout his life, Roy returns to that moment, gripped by its memory and the shadow it casts over his small-town boyhood. Finally, Roy lays his father's ghost to rest. But not before he exacts a gruelling, exhilarating revenge.
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Roy is still young when his father, a failed dentist and hapless fisherman, puts a .44 magnum to his head and commits suicide on the deck of his beloved boat. Throughout his life, Roy returns to that moment, gripped by its memory and the shadow it casts over his small-town boyhood, describing with poignant, mercurial wit his parents' woeful marriage and inevitable divorce, their kindnesses and weaknesses, the absurd and comic turning-points of his past. Finally, in Legend of a Suicide, Roy lays his father's ghost to rest. But not before he exacts a gruelling, exhilarating revenge.


Revolving around a fatally misconceived adventure deep in the wilderness of Alaska, this is a remarkably tender story of survival and disillusioned love.

Product Description

Title - Legend of a Suicide

Edition -

Author - David Vann

ISBN 13 - 9780141043784

Imprint - Penguin Books Ltd

Publisher - Penguin Books Ltd

Date Published - 29/10/2009

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No. of pages -

Binding Type - Paperback

Dimensions - 129 x 198 x 15mm

Weight - 170 g

Languages - English