Set in Wyoming, in cattle country, 'The Fruit of the Stone' is the story of two men and one woman. McEban, a rancher, has loved Gretchen Reilly all his life; and all his life Bennett, Gretchen's husband, has been his best friend. When Gretchen leaves Bennett. the two men follow her trail on a strange, fateful journey across Wyoming to Nebraska. Spragg's characters are unforgetable, his prose is at once tender and muscular, his portrait of the harsh but beautiful landscape breathtaking. With this remarkable novel he takes his place beside Cormac McCarthy, Thomas McGuane and Kent Haruf as one of the great contemporary chroniclers of the American West.,
- ISBN10 0224069853
- ISBN13 9780224069854
- Publish Date 10 October 2002 (first published 25 June 2002)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 18 May 2005
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Vintage Publishing
- Imprint Jonathan Cape Ltd
- Format Paperback (UK Trade)
- Pages 304
- Language English