All That I Have

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A beautifully crafted novel of wry humour that will appeal to fans of Cormac McCarthy or Annie Proulx. Lucian Wing is an experienced, practical man who enforces the law in his corner of Vermont with a steady hand and a generous tolerance. But when local tearaway Sean 'Superboy' Duke starts to get tangled up with a group of major league Russian criminals, things start to go awry in the sheriff's small, protected domain. With an ambitious and aggressive deputy snapping at his heels and a domestic crisis of his own to confront, Wing must call on all the personal resources he has cultivated during his working life: patience, tact, and - especially - humour. 'I loved this book. A small miracle - sharp, sly, moving and full of heart.' - Nick Cave 'Wonderful... every paragraph a gem. Freeman - like Cormac McCarthy, like Annie Proulx - shows us the awkward realness of lives, and does it with humour, with wry perception, with great style.' - R. J. Ellory AUTHOR: Castle Freeman is the author of seven novels, including the critically acclaimed Go With Me, which has been made into a film starring Anthony Hopkins, as well as two short-story collections. He has lived in rural Vermont since 1975.

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'I loved this book. A small miracle - sharp, sly, moving and full of heart'Nick Cave

'All That I Haveshares many small-town, big-crime themes with Cormac McCarthy's No Country for Old Men... it is impossible not to appreciate this spare, meditative and seamlessly crafted novel'The Times

'Wonderful... every paragraph a gem. Freeman - like Cormac McCarthy, like Annie Proulx - shows us the awkward realness of such lives, and does it with humour, with wry perception, with great style'R. J. Ellory

'The dialogue between each of the marvelously authentic characters is superb, merging an engrossing and suspenseful plot with a brilliantly dark sense of humour'The Crack

'Less a genuine thriller than a meditation on human nature and masculinity, the nub of this slow-burning but memorable book seems to be that sometimes it's wiser, and braver, to do nothing'Financial Times

'A serving of Vermont wit and wisdom, with a modicum of crime solving on the side... though it's not the suspense but the sly, country-cousin charm of Freeman's storytelling that is the main attraction'Boston Globe

Author Bio

Castle Freeman is the award-winning author of three previous novels, a story collection and a collection of essays. He has been a regular essayist for 'The Old Farmer's Almanac' since 1982, and lives in Newfane, Vermont. His previous books include Go With Me and The Devil in the Valleypublished by Duckworth as well as My Life and Adventures, Judgement Hill and The Bride of Ambrose.