{"product_id":"2940015681642","title":"A Healthy Fear of Man","description":"A Healthy Fear of Man follows last years acclaimed The Science of Paul.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSet in the fictional county of Pharris, North Carolina—Christian,\u003cbr\u003econservative, and facing fiscal bankruptcy. Pharris is a casualty of\u003cbr\u003ethe economic downturn and the demise of big tobacco. And it’s where\u003cbr\u003ePaul Little, an ex-convict, begins a new life on his deceased\u003cbr\u003egrandfather’s farm. But his self-imposed exile is short-lived when he\u003cbr\u003emeets Beauford “Bo” Fellstone, a former sheriff and his grandfather’s\u003cbr\u003eold friend, and Gilly Catlett, a precocious girl with a dark secret.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaul soon learns there is no justice in Pharris County. Rumors of\u003cbr\u003ewrongful convictions, corruption amongst county officials, and racial\u003cbr\u003eintolerance that echoes views of the past insure Paul’s life in\u003cbr\u003ePharris will be an uphill battle.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Healthy Fear of Man examines life in small-town America, where the\u003cbr\u003epast is not inconsequential, guilt and innocence are interchangeable,\u003cbr\u003eand every man is capable of murder.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePRAISE:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"There’s a nether world of bars with crooked doors, gum smacking\u003cbr\u003emedical examiners, and people with odd ideas acting on them.  They\u003cbr\u003epopulate byways we’d be best to avoid and instead send Aaron Philip\u003cbr\u003eClark’s ex-con Paul Little along in our place.  Because try as he\u003cbr\u003emight to avoid the craziness, in Clark’s A Healthy Fear of Man, we’re\u003cbr\u003ereminded in clear and efficient prose there are certain people who\u003cbr\u003ewhile they wish to avoid the brink, find themselves on the edge in\u003cbr\u003etheir pursuit of justice.\" -- Gary Phillips, WARLORD OF WILLOW RIDGE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A Healthy Fear of Man left me feeling sad and triumphant, filled with\u003cbr\u003ethe kind of peace that only going home can bring.\" -- AJ Hayes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"T.S. Eliot referred to it as tradition and individual talent, the\u003cbr\u003emanner in which new work at once honors, builds upon, and questions\u003cbr\u003ewhat has come before. Chester Himes, Richard Wright, James\u003cbr\u003eBaldwin--Aaron Philip Clark has been paying attention. \" -- James\u003cbr\u003eSallis, author of CYPRESS GROVE and CHESTER HIMES: A LIFE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Aaron Philip Clark has got style, a strong sense of story and place,\u003cbr\u003eand no small amount of ambition.\" -- The Nerd of Noir\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Clark writes very well, in prose that manages to be elegant yet lean\u003cbr\u003eand hardboiled at the same time.\" -- James Reasoner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Author Aaron Philip Clark has his own unique writing style that will\u003cbr\u003ekeep you guessing to the very end.\" -- Urban Reviews\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Clark is definitely a writer to keep a close eye on. His writing is\u003cbr\u003eextremely close to the bone, and shows that although we have come far\u003cbr\u003ein some respects, plenty of outdated views will always be around.\" --\u003cbr\u003eBruce Grossman","brand":"Snubnose Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47146355884272,"sku":"2940015681642","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940015681642_p0.jpg?v=1763622797","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940015681642","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}