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The Keep

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ABOUT
THE BOOK

Two cousins, irreversibly damaged by a childhood prank, reunite twenty years later to renovate a medieval castle in Eastern Europe. In an environment of extreme paranoia, cut off from the outside world, the men reenact the signal event of their youth, with even more catastrophic results. And as the full horror of their predicament unfolds, a prisoner, in jail for an unnamed crime, recounts an unforgettable story that seamlessly brings the crimes of the past and present into piercing relation.

ABOUT
THE AUTHOR Jennifer
Egan

Jennifer Egan is the author of five previous books of fiction; A Visit from the Goon Squad, which won the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award; The Keep; the story collection Emerald City; Look at Me, a National Book Award finalist; and The Invisible Circus. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, Harper’s Magazine, Granta, McSweeney’s,  and The New York Times Magazine.

Jennifer Egan is the author of five previous books of fiction; A Visit from the Goon Squad, which won the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award; The Keep; the story collection Emerald City; Look at Me, a National Book Award finalist; and The Invisible Circus. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, Harper’s Magazine, Granta, McSweeney’s,  and The New York Times Magazine.

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NOMINATING LIBRARY COMMENTS

In Egan’s unusual novel two estranged cousins reunite in a medieval castle. The novel’s engrossing plot, tense narrative, and inventive writing make it hard to put down.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Country
United States
Original Language
English
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf

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