The Round House: A Novel

Pub Date: 2012-12-18 Pages: 336 Language: English Publisher:. HarperCollins US 2012 National Book Award WinnerOne Sunday in the spring of 1988. a woman living on a reservation in North Dakota is attacked The details of the crime are slow to surface as Geraldine Coutts is traumatized and reluctant to relive or reveal what happened. either to the police or to her husband. Bazil. and thirteen-year-old son. Joe. In one day. Joes life is irrevocably transformed. He tries to heal his mother. but she will not leave her bed and slips into an abyss of solitude. Increasingly alone. Joe finds himself thrust prematurely into an adult world for which he is ill prepared.While his father. who is a tribal judge. endeavors to wrest justice from a situation that defies his efforts. Joe becomes frustrated with the official investigation and sets out with his trusted friends. Cappy. Zack. and A...