Russell Banks

In The Sweet Hereafter, Russell Banks tells a story that begins with a school bus accident. Using four different narrators, Banks creates a small-town morality play that addresses one of life's most agonizing questions: when the worst thing happens, who do you blame?

A Novel

Sweet Hereafter

Peggy Walker

I think I'd like to see the movie, since several have good things to say about it. The author has a good feel for voices....all the narrators are distinctly different. The tales they tell are packed into a fairly small "space" without taking a breath. I think it might have benefited from a little more space between thoughts and paragraphs. Still, a good story, fairly well told. This is an early book....I'm going to try something more recent.

Sweet Hereafter A Novel

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