The Night Inspector Paperback - 2000
by Frederick Busch
William Bartholomew, a maimed veteran of the Civil War, returns to New York City bent on reversing his fortunes. Busch's stunning novel is a gripping portrait of a nation trying to heal from the ravages of war and of one man's attempt to recapture a taste for life through the surging currents of his own emotions, ambitions, and shattered conscience.
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An immensely powerful story, The Night Inspector follows the extraordinary life of William Bartholomew, a maimed veteran of the Civil War, as he returns from the battlefields to New York City, bent on reversing his fortunes. It is there he meets Jessie, a Creole prostitute who engages him in a venture that has its origins in the complexities and despair of the conflict he has left behind. He also befriends a deputy inspector of Customs named Herman Melville who, largely forgotten as a writer, is condemned to live in the wake of his vanished literary success and in the turmoil of his fractured family.
Delving into the depths of this country's heart and soul, Frederick Busch's stunning novel is a gripping portrait of a nation trying to heal from the ravages of war -- and of one man's attempt to recapture a taste for life through the surging currents of his own emotions, ambitions, and shattered conscience.
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- Title The Night Inspector
- Author Frederick Busch
- Binding Paperback
- Edition 1st Trade Paperb
- Pages 320
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Ballantine Books, New York
- Date May 2, 2000
- Features Maps
- ISBN 9780449006153 / 0449006158
- Weight 0.55 lbs (0.25 kg)
- Dimensions 8.08 x 5.18 x 0.65 in (20.52 x 13.16 x 1.65 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 1851-1899
- Cultural Region: Mid-Atlantic
- Cultural Region: Northeast U.S.
- Geographic Orientation: New York
- Topical: Civil War
- Library of Congress subjects Historical fiction, Melville, Herman
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 00190145
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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Citations
- New York Times, 05/21/2000, Page 36
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