A Prayer for the Dying - Softcover

"A cross between Steven Crane and Stephen King...O'Nan is certainly among thestrongest American writers of his generation."--Peter McCarthy, "The Washington""Post Book World""A fine, terse novel about the circumstantial nature of evil and the terriblefragility of man."--Patrick McGrath, "The New York Times Book Review""A sad and chilling novel...It will make readers shudder and think and marvel ata writer's creation of an alien world that seems so real.--Bob Minzesheimer, "USA""Today""This urgent, economically told novel grabs you at the start and never lets up.O'Nan's novel is beautiful testimony to profound truths."--Dan Cryer, "Newsday""A gripping work of raw power...["A Prayer for the Dying"] is a rare piece of fiction--viscerally real and wholly discomfiting, but a work so frightfully well done that it must be read."--Robin Vidimos, "The Denver Post"

"A cross between Stephen Crane and Stephen King . . . O'Nan is certainly among the strongest Americanwriters of his generation."--Peter McCarthy, "The Washington Post Book World
""A fine, terse novel about the circumstantial nature of evil and the terrible fragility of man."--Patrick McGrath, "The New York Times Book Review "

"Will make readers shudder and think and marvel at a writer's creation of an alien world that seems so real."--Bob Minzesheimer, "USA Today"

"A cross between Stephen Crane and Stephen King . . . O'Nan is certainly among the strongest Americanwriters of his generation."--Peter McCarthy, "The Washington Post Book World
""A fine, terse novel about the circumstantial nature of evil and the terrible fragility of man."--Patrick McGrath, "The New York Times Book Review "

"Will make readers shudder and think and marvel at a writer's creation of an alien world that seems so real."--Bob Minzesheimer, "USA Today "

A cross between Stephen Crane and Stephen King . . . O'Nan is certainly among the strongest Americanwriters of his generation. "Peter McCarthy, The Washington Post Book World"

A fine, terse novel about the circumstantial nature of evil and the terrible fragility of man. "Patrick McGrath, The New York Times Book Review"

Will make readers shudder and think and marvel at a writer's creation of an alien world that seems so real. "Bob Minzesheimer, USA Today""

"A cross between Stephen Crane and Stephen King . . . O'Nan is certainly among the strongest Americanwriters of his generation." --Peter McCarthy, The Washington Post Book World

"A fine, terse novel about the circumstantial nature of evil and the terrible fragility of man." --Patrick McGrath, The New York Times Book Review

"Will make readers shudder and think and marvel at a writer's creation of an alien world that seems so real." --Bob Minzesheimer, USA Today

Stewart O'Nan's first collection of stories, In the Walled City, won the Drue Heinz Literary Prize. He is the author of four previous novels, Snow Angels, The Names of the Dead, The Speed Queen, and A World Away. He lives in Connecticut.