Death in the family, by: James Agi

We are here to tell you about the summer evenings of Knoxville, Tennessee, at the time I lived there, hiding from myself, with utmost skill, in a child's disguise. Two years after the death of its author at the age of forty-five, "A Death in the Family" won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1958, and until now, after more than sixty years, remains a literary masterpiece. A semi-autobiographical novel that embodies the tragedy of losing a father like no other novel has. Jay Follett rushes back to his home in Knoxville, Tennessee, and is killed in a car accident — a tragedy that not only ends a life but also destroys family happiness and warm love in the small family home. A novel that carries within it courage, poetic vigor, and overwhelming emotion; a novel that is an icon in American literature. Number of pages: 478