Arsonist's Guide to Writers' Homes in New England

Title: Arsonist's Guide to Writers' Homes in New England
Author: Brock Clarke
ISBN: 9781565125513
Publisher: Algonquin Books
Published: 2007
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Edition: 1
Number of Pages: 305
Section: Fiction | Literary
Publisher Description: A lot of remarkable things have happened in the life of Sam Pulsifer, the hapless hero of this incendiary novel, beginning with the ten years he spent in prison for accidentally burning down Emily Dickinson's house and unwittingly killing two people. emerging at age twenty-eight, he creates a new life and identity as a husband and father. But when the homes of other famous New England writers suddenly go up in smoke, he must prove his innocence by uncovering the identity of this literary-minded arsonist.
In the league of such contemporary classics as "A Confederacy of Dunces" and "The World According to Garp," "An Arsonist's Guide to Writers' Homes in New England" is an utterly original story about truth and honesty, life and the imagination.