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- Back at Medora’s house, he finds that she's fled and quickly discovers Bailey’s body buried in the basement. The bulk of the book concerns Bailey’s father, Vernon, a vet who returns home from an unidentified war and embarks on a killing spree with indistinct motives, with Medora seemingly marked as the final target.
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Sep 8, 2014 · Stark and McCarthy-esk, Hold the Dark is a quietly violent novel which asks questions about social norms, an individual's place in society, and the true discovery of self through nature. Gritty and uber-violent, the book follows the disappearance of a young boy in a remote Alaskan town.
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Nov 16, 2014 · Hold the Dark begins with a spate of kidnappings in the small town of Keelut, Alaska; without warning, and in rapid succession, children are being snatched from their play and taken deep into the wilderness. But though the police are called in, it quickly becomes clear that no human agency is responsible for the disappearances; it is the edge ...
“William Giraldi’s literary thriller Hold the Dark is a mythical exploration of evil on the Alaskan tundra. . . . A violent and terrifying journey into the heart of darkness, Hold the Dark will leave you feeling especially appreciative of autumn’s warmth.” BuzzFeed
Sep 8, 2014 · With the help of a local police detective, Core attempts to find Medora before her husband does, setting in motion a deadly chain of events in this “chilling, mysterious, and completely engaging...
- William Giraldi
- W. W. Norton & Company, 2014
- 087140494X, 9780871404947
- Hold the Dark: A Novel
Sep 5, 2014 · Early in William Giraldi’s fierce, extraordinary new novel, “Hold the Dark,” the nature writer Russell Core tracks a pack of wolves deep into the Alaskan tundra.
- John Wilwol
Sep 8, 2014 · The bulk of the book concerns Bailey’s father, Vernon, a vet who returns home from an unidentified war and embarks on a killing spree with indistinct motives, with Medora seemingly marked as the final target.
Nov 12, 2014 · Keelut is a small, dwindling village on the edge of the brutal Alaskan wilderness. Three children — one of them the son of Medora Slone — have been snatched by wolves. Slone contacts a wolf expert, Russell Core, who arrives in town at the beginning of winter to investigate the killings.
