Hunter's Moon: A Novel in Stories

Philip Caputo

Aug 2019 · Macmillan + ORM

About this ebook

"Powerful....Caputo's wisdom runs deep. Few writers have better captured the emotional lives of men." —The New York Times Book Review

From Philip Caputo—the author of A Rumor of War, The Longest Road, and Some Rise By Sin—comes a captivating mosaic of stories set in a small town where no act is private and the past is never really past

Hunter’s Moon is set in Michigan’s wild, starkly beautiful Upper Peninsula, where a cast of recurring characters move into and out of each other’s lives, building friendships, facing loss, confronting violence, trying to bury the past or seeking to unearth it. Once-a-year lovers, old high-school buddies on a hunting trip, a college professor and his wayward son, a middle-aged man and his grief-stricken father, come together, break apart, and, if they’re fortunate, find a way forward.

Hunter’s Moon offers an engaging, insightful look at everyday lives but also a fresh perspective on the way men navigate in today’s world.

Ratings and reviews

Hunter's Moon is a collection of eight shorts all set in and around the small community of Manitou Falls and the scarcely populated Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The major participants - Will Treadwell, Tom Muhlen and Paul Egremont - are all middle-aged Manitou natives and have much in common - they played football in high school, fought the war in Vietnam and brought home trama, a touch of psychosis, and nightmares. They all function best when they have independence at work and at home. The basic life they knew growing up -hunting, fishing, tramping through the woods with a favorite dog - it is those precise touchstones that holds them on the right side of sane. Most of the time. These men are the building blocks of this set of tales. It is through their eyes that we see those citizens who are tough enough to make a life in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. This was an excellent set of stories, painting a precise, honest dialog that defines the baby boomer generation, those who fought in 'Nam and those who received their introduction to that particular horror on the five o'clock nightly news. The majority of Americans would say this lifestyle passed away in the 1970s. That, for the most part, it actually did is what makes the raw nature of the far north and desert southwest the exceptions, with a slower pace and basic back to earth way of life that can allow your soul time to heal. I received a free electronic copy of this collection of short stories from Netgalley, Philip Caputo, and Henry Holt & Co. Thank you all for sharing your hard work with me. I have read this book of my own volition, and this review reflects my honest opinion of this work.

About the author

Philip Caputo is an award-winning journalist—the co-winner of a Pulitzer Prize—and the author of many works of fiction and nonfiction, including A Rumor of War, one of the most highly praised books of the twentieth century. His book, The Longest Road, was a New York Times bestseller. His novels include Acts of Faith, The Voyage, Horn of Africa, Crossers, and Some Rise by Sin. He and his wife, Leslie Ware, divide their time between Norwalk, Connecticut, and Patagonia, Arizona.