Full name: The Blood of the Lamb: A Novel

Author: Peter De Vries Year: 1961 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Young adult Purchase/reserch links: Goodreads Amazon LibraryThing ISBNs: 9780226143880 0226143880

The most poignant of all De Vries's novels, The Blood of the Lamb is also the most autobiographical. It follows the life of Don Wanderhop from his childhood in an immigrant Calvinist family living in Chicago in the 1950s through the loss of a brother, his faith, his wife, and finally his daughter-a tragedy drawn directly from De Vries's own life. Despite its foundation in misfortune, The Blood of the Lamb offers glimpses of the comic sensibility for which De Vries was famous. Engaging directly with the reader in a manner that buttresses the personal intimacy of the story, De Vries writes with a powerful blend of grief, love, wit, and fury. Similar books: Little Green Man by Simon Armitage The Last Novel by David Markson Children of Light by Robert Stone Paradise Lodge by Nina Stibbe Herb 'n' Lorna by Eric Kraft Angel Pavement by J. B. Priestley Prisoner's Dilemma by Richard Powers The Clowns of God by Morris West Friends and Relations by Elizabeth Bowen Players by Don DeLillo The Winner Stands Alone by Paulo Coelho The Beastly Beatitudes of Balthazar B by J. P. Donleavy The Last Resort by Alison Lurie Steps by Jerzy Kosinski Aberration of Starlight by Gilbert Sorrentino Wonder by R. J. Palacio Tell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt Okay for Now by Gary D. Schmidt Luna by Julie Anne Peters