Plainsong set in Kent Haruf's fictional Holt County Colorado is an unforgettable modern
classic exploring the grace and hope of every human life and our boundless capacity for love.
'So delicate and lovely that it has the power to exalt the reader' - The New York Times Tom
Guthrie is struggling to bring up his two young sons alone and in the same town school girl
Victoria Roubideaux is pregnant and homeless. Brothers Harold and Raymond McPheron - gentle
solitary gruff and unpolished - agree to take Victoria in unaware that their lives will
change forever. 'Beautifully crafted alive and quietly magnificent' - Roddy Doyle Booker
Prize-winning author of Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha Part of the Picador Collection a series
showcasing the best of modern literature.
