The Book News Of The World

Paulette jiles news of the world.

The book news of the world. Set in texas shortly after the american civil war paulette giles news of the world introduces the reader to septuagenarian captain jefferson kyle kidd now retired from the us army who earns his living by performing readings from newspapers to audiences keen to learn more about what is happening in the wider world and are prepared to pay for it. News of the world recently shortlisted for the national book award for fiction is a gem of a novel. A respectable man captain kidd is faced with a terrible choice.

Only 224 pages long it proves that length and a complex plot are not requirements for memorable and insightful historical fiction. Abandon the girl to her fate or become in the eyes of the law a kidnapper himself. Exquisitely rendered and morally complex news of the world is a brilliant work of historical fiction that explores the boundaries of family responsibility honor and trust.

News of the world by paulette jiles was a uniquely written historical fiction novel that takes you on a 400 mile long adventurous and sometimes dangerous journey across the state of texas in 1870 after the american civil war.