Canaan: A Novel [Paperback]

A bred-in-the-bones storyteller. Geraldine Brooks Tantalizing. A flawless orchestration&Especially masterful is the trail-driving sequence, which is a model of concision, unshowy research and the easy authority of a novelist working with material he intuitively gets. Well-paced language and haunting imagery&[ McCaig takes readers on a tour of war-ravaged Virginia&he weaves together dazzling strands of story. McCaig has spun pure gold.