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The Walking Tour
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The Walking Tour Paperback - 2000

by Davis, Kathryn

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Two couples -- businessman Bobby Rose and his artist wife, Carole Ridingham; his partner, Coleman Snow, and Snow's wife, Ruth Farr -- have gone on a walking tour in Wales, during which a fatal accident occurs. The question of what happened preoccupies not only an ensuing negligence trial but also the narrator, Bobby and Carole's daughter, Susan, who lives alone in her parents' house near the coast of Maine. Assisted by court transcripts, a notebook computer containing Ruth Farr's journal, and a young vagrant who has taken to camping on her doorstep, Susan lays open the moral predicament at the heart of the book: we are culpable beings, even though we live in a world of imperfect knowledge.

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Used - Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.
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  • Title The Walking Tour
  • Author Davis, Kathryn
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition science, humanit
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 272
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
  • Date 2000-11-08
  • Bookseller's Inventory # GRP92201313
  • ISBN 9780618082384 / 0618082387
  • Weight 0.78 lbs (0.35 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.55 x 5.5 x 0.7 in (21.72 x 13.97 x 1.78 cm)
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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Summary

Two couples -- businessman Bobby Rose and his artist wife, Carole Ridingham; his partner, Coleman Snow, and Snow's wife, Ruth Farr -- have gone on a walking tour in Wales, during which a fatal accident occurs. The question of what happened preoccupies not only an ensuing negligence trial but also the narrator, Bobby and Carole's daughter, Susan, who lives alone in her parents' house near the coast of Maine. Assisted by court transcripts, a notebook computer containing Ruth Farr's journal, and a young vagrant who has taken to camping on her doorstep, Susan lays open the moral predicament at the heart of the book: we are culpable beings, even though we live in a world of imperfect knowledge.

Media reviews

"Entrancing . . . every sentence uncoils with supple grace." The Los Angeles Times

“I cannot say how much I admire Kathryn Davis and her latest triumph, THE WALKING TOUR. The book is so beautifully written it takes one’s breath away — brilliant in every way, and often delightfully funny.” -- Sigrid Nunez

"Kathryn Davis is brilliant." --Penelope Fitzgerald

“Davis’s approach to novel-writing is so original, and the results so magical, that trying to review her fiction in a thousand words on a tight deadline feels . . . doomed.”

Newsday

“A brilliantly dexterous novel” (NEW YORK TIMES), “so ambitious, so smart, so beautifully written that it is a pleasure to stand in its light.”

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