{"product_id":"a-stranger-in-the-kingdom-9780618240104","title":"A Stranger in the Kingdom","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThis novel of murder and its aftermath in a small Vermont town in the 1950s is \"reminiscent of \u003cem\u003eTo Kill a Mockingbird...\u003c\/em\u003eAbsorbing\" (\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eIn Kingdom County, Vermont, the town's new Presbyterian minister is a black man, an unsettling fact for some of the locals. When a French-Canadian woman takes refuge in his parsonage--and is subsequently murdered--suspicion immediately falls on the clergyman. While his thirteen-year-old son struggles in the shadow of the town's accusations, and his older son, a lawyer, fights to defend him, a father finds himself on trial more for who he is than for what he might have done.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\"Set in northern Vermont in 1952, Mosher's tale of racism and murder is powerful, viscerally affecting and totally contemporary in its exposure of deep-seated prejudice and intolerance... [A] big, old-fashioned novel.\"--\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\"A real mystery in the best and truest sense.\"--Lee Smith, \u003cem\u003e New York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Winner of the New England Book Award\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Howard Frank Mosher\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mariner Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/04\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.97lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.18h x 5.56w x 1.09d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780618240104\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMosher, Howard Frank:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eHOWARD FRANK MOSHER is the author of ten books, including Waiting for Teddy Williams, The True Account, and A Stranger in the Kingdom, which, along with Disappearances, was corecipient of the New England Book Award for fiction. He lives in Vermont.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Howard Frank Mosher \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47579883602077,"sku":"9780618240104","price":38.37,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_a624ebab-e0e9-4c92-9abe-9dc646af97c8.jpg?v=1768897718","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/a-stranger-in-the-kingdom-9780618240104","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}