Resuscitation of a Hanged Man (Masterplots II: American Fiction Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Denis Johnson
- First Published: 1991
- Type of Plot: Psychological realism
- Time of Work: 1980-1981
- Setting: Cape Cod, Massachusetts
- Principal Characters: Leonard English, Leanna Sousa, Ray Sands, Phil, Gerald Twinbrook, Berryman
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction
- Subjects: Homosexuality or homosexuals, Suicide, Nature, 1980’s, New England, Violence, Lesbianism or lesbians, Detectives, Death or dying, Veterans, Assassination, Mysteries, Depression, mental, Catholics or Catholic Church, Private investigators, Resurrection
- Locales: Cape Cod, MA
The Novel
Resuscitation of a Hanged Man is a story about the search for faith and redemption in a chaotic and uncertain world. The book is divided into four sections, and Leonard English’s quest for redemption follows some of the conventions of a detective story. The first section covers Leonard’s arrival in Provincetown, on Cape Cod, at the end of 1980; the second covers most of the next year, during which time Ray Sands dies from a heart attack and Leonard becomes increasingly obsessed with the case of a missing artist named Gerald Twinbrook. In the third section...
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