Affliction
Wade Whitehouse is an improbable protagonist for a tragedy. A well-digger and policeman in a bleak New Hampshire town, he is a former high-school star gone to beer fat, a loner with a mean streak. It is a mark of Russell Banks'' artistry and understanding that Wade comes to loom in one''s mind as a blue-collar American Everyman afflicted by the dark secret of the macho tradition. Told by his art...
Wade Whitehouse is an improbable protagonist for a tragedy. A well-digger and policeman in a bleak New Hampshire town, he is a former high-school star gone to beer fat, a loner with a mean streak. It is a mark of Russell Banks'' artistry and understanding that Wade comes to loom in one''s mind as a blue-collar American Everyman afflicted by the dark secret of the macho tradition. Told by his art...
