Birnam Wood
(Book)
Author
Published
New York [New York] : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2023.
Edition
First American edition.
ISBN
9780374110338
Physical Desc
424 pages ; 24 cm
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Location | Call Number | Status | Due Date |
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LEAVENWORTH PUBLIC LIBRARY | CATTON | On Shelf | |
OMAK PUBLIC LIBRARY | CATTON | On Shelf | |
WENATCHEE PUBLIC LIBRARY | CATTON | On Shelf | |
WINTHROP PUBLIC LIBRARY | CATTON | Checked Out | June 1, 2024 |
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Published
New York [New York] : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2023.
Format
Book
Edition
First American edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9780374110338
Notes
General Note
"Originally published in 2023 by Granta Books, Great Britain"--Copyright page.
General Note
"A novel"--Jacket.
Description
"A tragic eco-thriller of betrayed ideals and compromised loyalties involving a collective of guerilla gardeners in New Zealand. The group, Birnam Wood, sets its sights on a farm in Korowai National Park after a landslide maroons the isolated township of Thorndike, and three personalities vie for control. As matriarch Mira Bunting, 29, uses a series of aliases to scout and buy the land, her duplicity brings her into conflict with the younger Shelley Noakes, whose own beliefs are further strained by the return of ex-member Tony Gallo, a would-be journalist with an ax to grind regarding some of Birnam's rhetoric (in a scene of stellar dialogue, a group of members, all white and economically privileged, object to Tony's claims that intersectionality and polyamory are capitalist concepts). Mira's and Shelly's designs on the farm are complicated as they run afoul of Robert Lemoine, an amoral American billionaire suspected of murdering his wife, who has secretly purchased the land and agrees to fund Birnam Wood's occupation as a cover for his mining operation (Robert's work had caused the landslide, a detail he's trying to keep under wraps). As Mira plays into Robert's hands, Tony goes on the warpath, and their various schemes collide in a shocking crime"--
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Catton, E. (2023). Birnam Wood (First American edition.). Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Catton, Eleanor, 1985-. 2023. Birnam Wood. Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Catton, Eleanor, 1985-. Birnam Wood Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2023.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Catton, Eleanor. Birnam Wood First American edition., Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2023.
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