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David vann is at once the most timely and timeless of writers, a literary master of humankinds primal embrace of violence, against others and against ourselves. I really appreciate this, and i hope youll enjoy goat mountain. In david vanns searing novel goat mountain, an 11yearold boy at his familys annual deer hunt is eager to make his first kill. Benjamin evans discovers a gripping but overwrought tale of a youthful killer. San francisco chronicle recommended books david vann knows the dark interior of family tragedies his own life is fraught with them and he brings both witness and intense examination to stories of human savagery. His father discovers a poacher on the land, a 640acre ranch in northern california, and shows him to the boy through the scope of his rifle. Goat mountain is a ravishing example of his mastery. Read goat mountain by david vann available from rakuten kobo. July 1, 20 vann dirt offers a meditation on violence set during a deer hunt on a northern california mountain in 1978.
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