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050 00 a| PS3569.I414b| M47 2025;

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100 1 a| Silber, Joan,e| author.1| https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJjMCcmWywfWdrw7Xh67pP=| ^A493417;

245 10 a| Mercy :b| a novel /c| Joan Silber.;

250 a| First Counterpoint edition.;

264 1 a| California :b| Counterpoint,c| 2025.;

300 a| 240 pages ;c| 22 cm;

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520 a| "In the gritty East Village of 1970s New York, Ivan and his best friend, Eddie, a popular local bartender, are dabbling in drugs following a short tour of Europe. One night, as Ivan experiments with heroin with Eddie, things go horribly wrong. Ivan rushes Eddie to a crowded local ER and, believing his friend is about to die, leaves him there. This one act of abandonment haunts Ivan his entire life. He keeps this secret from his friends and later his family, forever searching for mercy from "the remorse that never dies." Ivan's decision also ripples across time through an extended community, affecting a host of other people unknowingly connected to that night. Following a bold cast of characters across decades, and set against the changing social and sexual mores from the 1970s onward, Mercy is Silber's most ambitious and expansive novel yet, proving once again how we are all connected in mysterious and often unknown ways"--c| Provided by publisher.;

651 0 a| New York (N.Y.)v| Fiction.=| ^A419909;

650 0 a| Narcoticsv| Fiction.=| ^A3774;

650 0 a| Nineteen seventiesv| Fiction.=| ^A1012727;

650 0 a| Remorsev| Fiction.=| ^A813623;

650 0 a| Interpersonal relationsv| Fiction.=| ^A561600;

650 0 a| Drug abusev| Fiction.=| ^A529260;

650 0 a| Heroinv| Fiction.=| ^A5216;

650 0 a| Friendshipv| Fiction.=| ^A519364;

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Mercy : a novel / Joan Silber.

Author/creator	Silber, Joan author.
Format	Book
Edition	First Counterpoint edition.
Publication	California : Counterpoint, 2025.
Description	240 pages ; 22 cm
Subjects	Narcotics--Fiction. Nineteen seventies--Fiction. Remorse--Fiction. Interpersonal relations--Fiction. Drug abuse--Fiction. Heroin--Fiction. Friendship--Fiction. New York (N.Y.)--Fiction.

Abstract	"In the gritty East Village of 1970s New York, Ivan and his best friend, Eddie, a popular local bartender, are dabbling in drugs following a short tour of Europe. One night, as Ivan experiments with heroin with Eddie, things go horribly wrong. Ivan rushes Eddie to a crowded local ER and, believing his friend is about to die, leaves him there. This one act of abandonment haunts Ivan his entire life. He keeps this secret from his friends and later his family, forever searching for mercy from "the remorse that never dies." Ivan's decision also ripples across time through an extended community, affecting a host of other people unknowingly connected to that night. Following a bold cast of characters across decades, and set against the changing social and sexual mores from the 1970s onward, Mercy is Silber's most ambitious and expansive novel yet, proving once again how we are all connected in mysterious and often unknown ways"-- Provided by publisher.
Genre/form	Novels.
Genre/form	Romans.
ISBN	9781640097070
ISBN	1640097074 hc.

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