

Set in 1951 Blowing Rock, North Carolina, it tells the story of Jacob Lampton, whose parents disinherited him when he married Naomi.

French and Italian rights have been sold to Gallimard and Nuova Frontiera respectively by the Cheney Agency. PRH US will publish in September 2023, with Canongate’s publication to follow in November 2023. North American rights were sold to Lee Boudreaux at Penguin Random House US. Jamie Byng, c.e.o., acquired UK and Commonwealth (excluding Canada) rights to The Caretaker from Beniamino Ambrosi on behalf of Adam Eaglin at the Cheney Agency. Canongate has acquired a new novel by Ron Rash, about "the bonds of friendship, the contradictions of family, and what it really means to love".
