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portada The Holdout
Type
Physical Book
Language
English
Pages
298
Format
Paperback
Dimensions
22.9x15.2x1.7 cm
Weight
0.44 kg.
ISBN13
9781732074279

The Holdout

Gracjan Kraszewski (Author) · Adelaide Books LLC · Paperback

The Holdout - Kraszewski, Gracjan

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Synopsis "The Holdout"

THE HOLDOUT is a philosophical novel set in modern-day Mississippi treating religion, sexuality, academic life and academic freedom, sports and sports culture against the backdrop of the quotidian daily malaise (named 'torpor' in the work) afflicting all people. The story is told through the first person viewpoint of Rhett Lawson, an ex-NFL player finishing up graduate school. Rhett is a sincere Catholic although obsessed with women and sex and finds himself often trapped in "the torpor." His two main companions are his friends Brent (an atheist) and David (an Evangelical Protestant). The three have wide-ranging discussions on various topics throughout the narrative. Additionally, issues of race (Rhett is white, his aunt Shelby, a central figure to the story, is black), the nature of contemporary academia, and commentary on life in twenty-first century Mississippi (something largely unplumbed in comparison to the plethora of works that have tackled the Civil War South of the 1860s or the Civil Rights Era South of the 1960s) underpin the story.

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