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The Ancient Hours

(2020)
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"The Ancient Hours […] packs a wallop" —New York Times Book Review

"The Ancient Hours is brilliant.” —Bud Smith, author of Work

"Bible is a fantastic writer." —Kevin Wilson, author of Nothing to See Here

Harmony, North Carolina is a typical town—full of saints and sinners you can’t tell apart...

Its history echoes with lynchings and shootings; mob violence and vigilante justice. But those are just whispers of a past lost to time. The summer of 2000 was different. Iggy in the Baptist church. Gasoline and a match. Twenty-five people dead. This, Harmony couldn’t forget.

Told in a kaleidoscope of timelines and voices, Michael Bible examines every dimension of a tragic but all-too-American story in The Ancient Hours. The victims, witnesses, perpetrators, and condemned comingle and evolve as the passage of time works its way through their lives. What emerges is a fable of the American South in the highest tradition: soaring, tragic, and eternally striving for redemption.


Genre: Literary Fiction

Praise for this book

"Michael Bible has the golden hand of Carson McCullers and the joyous cosmic heart of Richard Brautigan." - William Boyle

"Most contemporary fiction makes me wonder why people try to write anymore. Michael Bible helps me remember why." - Blake Butler

"A singular new voice . . . [Michael Bible] is so open, so easy, so fluid, you'll smile with joy turning every page." - Barry Hannah


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