The time is 1952. The place is a dusty western hamlet called Fort Appelby, a quiet town with old memories-of Indian raids and land grabs, or passions and scandal-memories that still haunt the living. 1952 is the year the polio epidemic sweeping America finally reaches this tiny town-destroying lives, upsetting established ways, creating an extraordinary need for human closeness. Time and Place is a stunning novel with the quality and feel of The Last Picture Show and the nostalgic pull of American Graffiti.
