The Confession of a Child of the Century by Samuel Heather
A Novel| By: | Thomas Rogers |
| Publisher: | Independent Publishers Group (Chicago Review Press) |
| Print ISBN: | 9781480449817 |
| eText ISBN: | 9781480449862 |
| Edition: | 0 |
| Format: | Reflowable |
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Finalist for the National Book Award: A witty novel of coming of age during wartime in America In the words of its ?author,? Samuel Heather, the Confession is a ?comical historical pastoral? that chronicles the struggles of growing up the son of a Midwestern bishop. (?My father?s daily work was to be a father. It was excruciating.?) Samuel escapes Missouri to attend Harvard, where he gets himself expelled for exploding a footbridge over the Charles River. He is soon sent to fight in Korea and lands in a prison camp. Samuel?s picaresque coming of age?by turns both funny and poignant?is truly the tale of ?a child of the century.?