New York: Ecco Press (Harper Collins), (2008.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's impressive first novel, the story of a mute young man, growing up in remote Northern Wisconsin. Dust jacket praise from such diverse writers as Stephen King (who called it 'wonderful, mysterious, long and satisfying'), Richard Russo, Mark Doty (who said 'This remarkable novel seems like an impossibility: an American Hamlet, both ghost story and melodrama, a coming-of-age tale, a hymn to the land - and central to it all, some of the best writing about the inner lives of dogs anywhere. .. a woolly, unlikely, daring book, and wildly satisfying.') and more. This is the rather uncommon true first printing of the first edition: it had gone into several printings before it was selected by Oprah and reissued under a different isbn but with a full number line. Has correct isbn and the untrimmed fore-edge of the textblock, as required. 566 pp. Dust jacket art by Debra Lill. ISBN: 9780061374227.