The Magic Kingdom

£9.99

Author Russell Banks Published by No Exit Press ISBN 9780857305473 EAN 9780857305473 Bic Code FBA Cover Paperback

Only 1 left in stock (can be backordered)

SKU: 9780857305473 Category:

Description

£9.99

Author Russell Banks Published by No Exit Press ISBN 9780857305473 EAN 9780857305473 Bic Code FBA Cover Paperback

Only 1 left in stock (can be backordered)

SKU: 9780857305473 Category:

Description

In 1971, a property speculator named Harley Mann begins recording his life story onto a reel-to-reel machine. Reflecting on his childhood in the early twentieth century, Harley recounts that after his father’s sudden death, his family migrated down to Florida’s swamplands – mere miles away from what would become Disney World – to join a community of Shakers. Led by Elder John, a generous man with a mysterious past, the colony devoted itself to labor, faith, and charity, rejecting all temptations that lay beyond the property. Though this way of life initially saved Harley and his family from complete ruin, when Harley began falling in love with Sadie Pratt, a consumptive patient living on the grounds, his loyalty to the Shakers and their conservative worldview grew strained and, ultimately, broke.