Divining Rod

A Novel

By: Michael Knight

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Paperback | 3 August 2010

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208 Pages

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18.4 x 12.7 x 1.27

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Back in print, Michael Knight's debut novel, which won the Fellowship of Southern Writers New Writing Award and the Dictionary of Literary Biography's Best First Novel Award. After the deaths of his parents, Simon Bell returns to his hometown of Sherwood, Alabama, hoping for a simple, quiet existence. But when he meets Delia Holladay one hot, unmoving summer day, latent needs and desires are suddenly awakened. Delia is young, beautiful, and married. As their emotions deepen, the affair soon slips beyond their control, building to a final reckoning that will leave no one untouched. Evoking a medley of distinct voices, Divining Rod tells a richly layered tale of adultery, love, and murder, as it follows the arc of one fateful romance to its inevitable and heartbreaking conclusion.

Industry Reviews

"Every word in this deeply resonant novel is pure gold." The Washington Post Book World

"A novel by a writer of the first rank." Esquire

"Spellbinding." Redbook

"In the lineage of writers such as Flannery O'Connor and Eudora Welty . . . Knight is without a doubt a new writer of considerable talent and promise." San Francisco Chronicle

"Potent . . . Confident . . . Written in lucid and unself-concious prose." Wall Street Journal

"A fresh, formidable talent." Bookpage

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