Hide By Matthew Griffin. 9781408867105

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

HideAuthor(s): Matthew Griffin\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom\nImprint: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\nISBN-13: 9781408867105, 978-1408867105\nSynopsis\nWINNNER OF THE CROOK'S CORNER BOOK PRIZE 2016\n'This is a great love story' Edmund White, author of A Boy's Own Story \n\nWendell Wilson, a taxidermist, and Frank Clifton, a veteran, meet after the Second World War. But, in this declining textile town in a southern US state, their love holds real danger. Severing nearly all ties with the rest of the world, they carve out a home for themselves on the outskirts of town. For decades, their routine of self-reliant domesticity Wendell's cooking, Franks care for a yard no one sees, and the vicarious drama of courtroom TV seems to protect them. \n\nBut when Wendell finds Frank lying motionless outside at the age of eighty-three, their carefully crafted life together begins to unravel. As Franks memory and physical strength deteriorate, Wendell struggl.