A Town Called Jericho

by Joel Stone

A Town Called Jericho marks the debut of a new novelist whose grasp of character and place is matched with an ability to build suspense rivaling Stephen King's. A stranger's hatred for Jericho, North Dakota, evolves in a sinister fashion, the only question being which victim will best satisfy his need for revenge.

311 pages, Hardcover

First published January 28, 1992

About the author

Joel Stone was born in Brooklyn. He graduated from Princeton University and was a Fulbright Scholar at the Sorbonne. His first novel, A Town Called Jericho, was published in 1992 and nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. He died in 2007 and is survived by his wife, the poet Dorothy Stone.