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The ghost clause

Title

The ghost clause / Howard Norman.

Author

Norman, Howard A.

Publication

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Request for On-site Use Request Scan Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	Text	Use in library	JFD 19-5234	Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

Description

245 pages; 22 cm

Summary

"National Book Award Finalist Howard Norman delivers another "provocative ... haunting"* novel, this time set in a Vermont village and featuring a missing child, a newly married private detective, and a highly relatable ghost (*Janet Maslin, New York Times)"--
It's been several months since Simon Inescort had a heart attack and keeled over the rail of a Nova Scotia-bound ferry. His widow, Lorca Pell, sold their farmhouse to newlyweds Zachary and Muriel after revealing that the deed contains a 'ghost clause,' an actual legal clause, not unheard of in Vermont, allowing for reimbursement if a recently purchased home turns out to be haunted. In fact, Simon finds himself still at home, replaying his marriage in his own mind, while also engaging in occasionally intimate observation of the new homeowners. When a child goes missing the Green Mountain Agency assigns Zachary, their rookie detective, but the case threatens the couple's domestic equilibrium. -- adapted from jacket

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Genre/Form

Call Number

JFD 19-5234

ISBN

LCCN

OCLC

1045467807

Author

Norman, Howard A., author.

Title

The ghost clause / Howard Norman.

Publisher

Boston ; New York : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2019.

Copyright Date

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Other Form:

Online version: Norman, Howard A. Ghost clause. Boston ; New York : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2019 9780544988064 (DLC) 2018038075

Other Standard Identifier

40029256074

Research Call Number

JFD 19-5234