Award History
| Award | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Pulitzer Prize for Fiction | 2010 | Winner |
About This Book
On his deathbed, George Washington Crosby hallucinates that the walls and ceiling of his house are collapsing. As he drifts in and out of consciousness, he relives his memories—and those of his father, Howard, an itinerant peddler and epileptic in the backwoods of Maine. A meditation on time, memory, and the beauty hidden in ordinary things.
About the Author
Paul HardingAmerican
Paul Harding is an American novelist and musician born in 1967, who grew up on the North Shore of the Boston area in Wenham, Massachusetts. He holds a BA from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and an MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop. Harding apprenticed under his grandfather who repaired clocks, an experience that found its way into his debut novel. Read more →
