The John Wood Case
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and corners
Pages: Yellowed
Set against the moral and social fabric of small-town Midwestern America, The John Wood Case is a gripping novel that uncovers the devastating consequences of a respected man's fall from grace — and the ripple effect his hidden deception sends through an entire community. When John Wood, a pillar of his town, is exposed for a crime that shatters the illusions of those who trusted him most, his family is left to reckon with a legacy irrevocably tainted by betrayal, forcing each character to confront questions of loyalty, shame, and moral identity. Ruth Suckow, one of the most underappreciated voices of twentieth-century American realism, chronicles the interior lives of ordinary people with a precision and compassion rarely matched by her contemporaries. Her prose is measured and deeply observational, capturing the quiet tensions that simmer beneath the surface of respectable life in the American heartland. The John Wood Case stands as a testament to Suckow's lifelong preoccupation with the fragility of virtue and the social machinery of judgment — leaving the reader to wonder not just what John Wood did, but what it means to truly know another person.
Author: Ruth Suckow
Format: Hardback
Genre: Modern fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and corners
Pages: Yellowed
Set against the moral and social fabric of small-town Midwestern America, The John Wood Case is a gripping novel that uncovers the devastating consequences of a respected man's fall from grace — and the ripple effect his hidden deception sends through an entire community. When John Wood, a pillar of his town, is exposed for a crime that shatters the illusions of those who trusted him most, his family is left to reckon with a legacy irrevocably tainted by betrayal, forcing each character to confront questions of loyalty, shame, and moral identity. Ruth Suckow, one of the most underappreciated voices of twentieth-century American realism, chronicles the interior lives of ordinary people with a precision and compassion rarely matched by her contemporaries. Her prose is measured and deeply observational, capturing the quiet tensions that simmer beneath the surface of respectable life in the American heartland. The John Wood Case stands as a testament to Suckow's lifelong preoccupation with the fragility of virtue and the social machinery of judgment — leaving the reader to wonder not just what John Wood did, but what it means to truly know another person.