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Telephone

Percival Everett

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Telephone won the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction. Zach Wells is a perpetually dissatisfied geologist-slash-paleobiologist. Expert in an incredibly niche field, he spends his days playing chess with his daughter, trading puns with his wife as she does yoga, and dodging committee work at the college where he teaches. After his daughter is diagnosed with a fatal illness, Wells finds a cryptic plea for help tucked into a secondhand jacket bought online. Desperately seeking a way avoid his newfound sense of powerlessness, he embarks for New Mexico on a quixotic rescue mission.

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Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Year
2023
ISBN-13
9781035036608
Genre
FictionCrime & Thriller
Topics
Grief and lossFamily and illnessQuixotic rescue mission

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