
The Western Contingent
by Jesse L. Anderson
Title:
The Western Contingent
Author:
Jesse L. Anderson
Edited by:
Jesse L. Anderson
Format:
Paperback
Number of pages:
180 pages
Publisher:
Deep Vellum Publishing
ISBN-13:
9781628972825
EAN:
9781628972825
Classifications:
Modern and Contemporary (Post c 1945)
Weight (g):
234
Dimensions (mm):
177 x 127 x 8
Publication Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Condition:
New
Description
Anderson’s debut novel introduces readers to a writer of lucid, hallucinatory prose worthy of comparison with Roberto Bolaño, Cormac McCarthy, and José SaramagoLoosely based on events that occurred during the Chinese Civil War, The Western Contingent follows a group of forty-eight young men who unexpectedly find themselves recruited for a mysterious mission deemed vital to their country’s future prosperity.After undergoing a brief period of training and indoctrination, the peasants-turned-soldiers leave their hometown of Luan hungry for their first taste of combat. Doubt, however, soon sets in. Their colonel shows signs of mental instability, the people they’re supposedly fighting for treat them with indifference, and the purpose of their mission, as they continue marching west, only becomes more and more unclear. Anderson’s debut novel introduces readers to a writer of lucid, hallucinatory prose worthy of comparison with Roberto Bolaño, Cormac McCarthy, and José Saramago.










