New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, (1994) dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's highly praised first novel (third book.) Winner of the Pen Faulkner award. Guterson was selected by Granta as one of the 20 best young writers in the US. Basis for the forthcoming movie. A gripping story set on the islands off the coast of Washington, set in 1954 in a world where the shadow of the Japanese internment hangs over the courtroom . 345 pp. ISBN: 0-15-1001006.