The Tartarus House on Crab

Download or read book The Tartarus House on Crab written by George H. Szanto and published by Brindle and Glass. This book was released on 2011 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Jack Tartarus has returned to his family's house on Crab, a small island off the coast of the Pacific Northwest. After mulling it over for ten years, Jack has deciced to tear the family house down, board by board, just as his father built it up. Fired by the memory of his parents, one among the losses he has suffered, he purchases a crowbar. But the bar jams between the old planks; it seems the house is determined to remain. In a story about families and family history, Jack's calculated plans for demolition are interrupted by the will of the house and the people of Crab Island- his responsible sister, his ssel-centred niece, a beautiful woman he once knew initmately, and Turtle, the hardware store clerk and the island's self-proclaimed guardian"--P. [4] of cover.