This novel is set in 1954 in a boys' camp in the Smoky Mountains, where Bridge Boatner is a counselor. There is an expectation of a tragedy from the onset, and Reynolds Price sets the stage for it in his signature courtly, elegant writing style. It begins slowly as Bridge's personality emerges and builds to a heartbreaking end. The story is told from Bridge's adult perspective, which adds an extra dimension. Reynolds Price is a treasured story teller. ( )

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Set in a summer camp in the Blue Ridge Mountains during the deceptively tranquil 1950s, The Tongues of Angels is a story of the twenty-one-year-old painting teacher, a superbly gifted boy, and their advance toward a startling fate. As the now-older man looks back at on that summer, he reflects on the meanings he thought he had learned on the threshold of manhood from the perspective of full maturity.

CAMP. ( )

CAMP. ( )