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Perfume river

Pages
272
Published
2016
Language
English

Synopsis

Robert Quinlan, a seventy-year-old historian, finds his marriage to Darla strained by time and unspoken histories. The lingering shadow of the Vietnam War continues to divide his family, particularly his estranged brother Jimmy. As their father nears the end of his life, old wounds resurface, further complicated by the unexpected appearance of an unstable homeless man who profoundly impacts them all.

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About the author

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Robert Olen Butler

Robert Olen Butler (born January 20, 1945) is an American fiction writer. His short-story collection A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1993.

Characters

Robert QuinlanProtagonist
DarlaSupporting
JimmySupporting
Robert and Jimmy's fatherSupporting
The Homeless ManSupporting
All characters in Perfume river