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Visits from the drowned girl a novel

Benny Poteat is a tower jockey. Working hundreds of feet in the air repairing tension lines and replacing burnt-out light bulbs, he observes the world from above. He has seen a lot of things from his vantage point, but nothing can compare to the day he watches a woman die. She approaches the river that snakes far below him, sets up a video camera, and walks into the rushing water, never to reappear. Startled, he hurries down the tower to the scene of her death. What he does next will forever alter the course of his life. He does nothing. He gathers the girl's belongings and doesn't tell a soul about what he saw. Visits from the drowned girl is a tale about the immovable path of destiny, and a brilliantly inventive, masterful exploration of the corrosive nature of secrecy.

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  • "Benny Poteat is a tower jockey. Working hundreds of feet in the air repairing tension lines and replacing burnt-out light bulbs, he observes the world from above. He has seen a lot of things from his vantage point, but nothing can compare to the day he watches a woman die. She approaches the river that snakes far below him, sets up a video camera, and walks into the rushing water, never to reappear. Startled, he hurries down the tower to the scene of her death. What he does next will forever alter the course of his life. He does nothing. He gathers the girl's belongings and doesn't tell a soul about what he saw. Visits from the drowned girl is a tale about the immovable path of destiny, and a brilliantly inventive, masterful exploration of the corrosive nature of secrecy."@en
  • "One day, working hundreds of feet in the air, tower jockey Benny Poteat watches a girl die. She sets up a video camera and walks purposefully into the rushing river below him. Startled at what he's witnessed and his inability to prevent it, he hurries to the scene. He then gathers up her belongings and doesn't tell a soul what he saw, slowly insinuating himself into the life she once lived, until it becomes impossible for him to reveal his secret, which soon becomes an unbearable burden."@en
  • "Benny has seen a lot of things from his vantage point as a "tower jockey", hundreds of feet in the air repairing tension lines, but nothing can compare to watching a girl die. She approaches the river that snakes far below him, sets up a video camera, and walks purposefully into the rushing water, never to reappear. Startled at both what he has witnessed and his inability to prevent it, Benny hurries down the tower to the scene of her death. What he does next will forever alter the course of his life: He does nothing. He gathers up the drowned girl's belongings and doesn't tell a soul what he saw."@en

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  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Psychological fiction"@en
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