A Prayer for the Dying History & Criticism and an odd collection of

and an odd collection of tenants in her crumbling family mansion

and the Republic of South Africa

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a woman who spends a lifetime in search of a man strong enough to be her equal - and of the men who suffer for their devotion

A Prayer for the Dying History & Criticism and an odd collection ofA New York Times Book Review Notable Book of the Year Set in Friendship, Wisconsin, just after the Civil War, A Prayer for the Dying tells of a horrible epidemic that is suddenly and gruesomely killing the town's residents and setting off a terrifying paranoia. Jacob Hansen, Friendship's sheriff, undertaker, and pastor, is soon overwhelmed by the fear and anguish around him, and his sanity begins to fray. Dark, poetic, and chilling, A Prayer for the