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The Power of the Dog
Thomas Savage. Back Bay paperbacks: 2001 (paperback). ISBN: 0316610895. 276 pages.
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Thomas Savage is a Great American Writer. And when we say great, we mean great
like Faulkner, like Hemingway, like Toni Morrison, like Philip Roth. Good authors can write great books, but great authors
write the books that change things forever, that disarm and redefine current literary expectations. Thank you so much for
that lecture, you say, but how come I've never even heard of this guy? Well, we hadn't ever heard of him either, until last
month, when we received a copy of this novel. Originally published in 1967, it was a critical sensation, but somehow, the
"buzz" on Thomas Savage never reached most of us average slobs, the general reading public. Fortunately, readers and author
have another chance to get together, since Little Brown reissued the novel (long out of print) June 2001. Set in
1920s Montana, The Power of the Dog tells the story of two families who come together in a distinctly unharmonious
fashion. Its utterly convincing narrative voice offers a chillingly precise look into the demanding lives of its strong,
complex characters. It's hard to tell who are the villains and who are the victims, but one of them will scare you silly.
As seen on Ellen on Seven.
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