Second Son

by Stephen Stark

Haunted by the deaths of his mother and brother, twenty-five-year-old Jack Pleasance flees to a small Virginia town where no one knows him and where he falls in love with Sandy, a woman trapped in a marriage to a gun-toting, drug-aubsing redneck

373 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1992

About the author

Stephen Stark is the author of the novels The Final Appearance of America's Favorite Girl Next Door, Second Son, and The Outskirts. Second Son was a New York Times Book Review Notable Book of the year, and a Barnes & Noble Discover New Writers pick. He is also a bestselling ghostwriter. His essays, short stories, and criticism have appeared in The New Yorker, Poets & Writers, The Washington Post and the New York Times Book Review, among other journals. Honors include fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and Bread Loaf, where he has also taught. He has taught and worked in the administration of the creative writing program at the University of Houston. Stark currently lives in Virginia and is a graduate of George Mason University and the writing program at Hollins University.