R. P. Burnham
10-Digit ISBN:0-9766274-2-6
13-Digit ISBN
Page 228
Paperback
$13.50

In Envious Shadows, R. P. Burnham has given us a full blooded novel, driven by plot, character and issues of racism, sexism, infidelity, the struggle to survive economically in a small Maine town, and the overarching love that can redeem us from sorrow and loss. This is a book that will provoke thought, feeling and rage at hatred and inequity. Surely this is the most we can ask of any writer when we pick up his book.

About The Author

R.P. Burnham edits The Long Story and has published fiction and essays in many literary magazines. The Least Shadow of Public Thought, a book of his essays was published in 1996 by Juniper Press. He is married to Kathy Fitzpatrick.

What the Reviewers are Saying

Laurel Speer, poet and former columnist for Small Press Review

Envious Shadows is a marvelous book. It is about a black and white relationship which has strength to resist the intermittent brutality of human nature. The book never lags for a instant, and it is full of realistic details which range from dealing with the psychological integration of half-way house residents into society, the intricacies of the game of softball, the atmosphere of pubs, the challenges facing building contractors, the mindset of the KKK, to the correct planting of roses. There isn’t a pompous moment in it and it is loaded with quiet wit, with seriousness, with irony, and through it all there shines not only a knowledge of literature but a knowledge of life.

—Susan Davey, editor and literary agent