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008			130516s2013 nyu 000 1 eng
010			_a2012035132
020			_a9781400067688
050	0	0	_aPS3569.T736 _bB87 2013
082	0	0	_aFIC STR
100	1		_aStrout, Elizabeth
245	1	4	_aThe Burgess boys _b: a novel _c/ Elizabeth Strout.
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aNew York _b: Random House _c, c2013.
300			_a320 p. _c; 25 cm
520			_aThe Burgess siblings are in disarray. Decades earlier, the "boys," Jim and Bob, fled their childhood home of Shirley Falls, ME, to practice law in New York City. Jim is a flashy uptown defense attorney who once won a high-profile celebrity murder case. His meek younger brother, Bob, the ultimate agent of conciliation, is a Legal Aid lawyer. When Bob's twin sister, Susan, calls from Shirley Falls to say her odd teenage son, Zachary, has thrown a pig's head into the mosque of the community's Somali population, an unspeakably offensive violation of the Muslim faith, the brothers scramble to throw down legal cover. Events spin out of control, Zachary's crime goes national, tensions rise, and charges against the boy escalate. Meanwhile, the abrasive relationship among Jim, Bob, and Susan erodes as the shattering moment of their childhood--the death of their father, which was blamed on four-year-old Bob--bubbles to the surface. Pulitzer Prize-winner Strout (Olive Kitteridge) takes the reader on a surprising journey of combative filial love and the healing powers of the truth.
650		4	_aBrothers _v--Fiction
942			_cMO
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