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Lost Memory of Skin
Andrew Carnegie · 2012 · Shortlist
Award History
| Award | Year | Status | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction | 2012 | Shortlist |
About This Book
Russell Banks's novel follows an eighteen-year-old sex offender living under a causeway in Florida and the professor who befriends him. A dark inquiry into punishment, marginalization, and American moral hypocrisy. Shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal.
About the Author
Russell BanksAmerican
Russell Earl Banks (1940–2023) was an American novelist and poet renowned for his poignant depictions of working-class struggles, domestic strife, and marginalized lives, drawing from his own impoverished upbringing in New England after his plumber father abandoned the family when he was 12.
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