This is a shocking, suspenseful & daring new novel from one of the greatest American writers at work today, whose previous books include Caribou Isl&, Dirt & Legend of a Suicide. In David Vann`s searing novel Goat Mountain, an eleven-year-old boy is eager to make his first kill at his family`s annual deer hunt. But all is not as it should be. His father discovers a poacher on the l&, a 640-acre ranch in Northern California, & shows him to the boy through the scope of his rifle. With this simple gesture, tragedy erupts, shattering lives irrevocably. Set over the course of one hot & hellish weekend, Goat Mountain is the story of a family struggling to contend with a terrible crime & its repercussions. David Vann creates a haunting & provocative novel that explores our most primal urges & beliefs, the bonds of blood & religion that define & secure us, & the consequences of our actions
- what we owe for what we`ve done.