Beginning with the main character's death, author Gary Bolick works backward to recreate a young man's life. Twenty-year-old Zebulin Caina attends his own hanging on a remote island in North Carolina. Tired of the endless cycle of deceit and treachery surrounding him, Zeb has ended the madness in a single act of violence. Zeb becomes a conduit, revealing the poignant and heinous actions that in turn color and shape the characters of Snowman. Shaped by the myth and experience, tragedy and kindness that drives its young ...
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Beginning with the main character's death, author Gary Bolick works backward to recreate a young man's life. Twenty-year-old Zebulin Caina attends his own hanging on a remote island in North Carolina. Tired of the endless cycle of deceit and treachery surrounding him, Zeb has ended the madness in a single act of violence. Zeb becomes a conduit, revealing the poignant and heinous actions that in turn color and shape the characters of Snowman. Shaped by the myth and experience, tragedy and kindness that drives its young protagonist, A Showman in July mirrors a world that is our own.
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