Mason's Retreat

Christopher Tilghman

Random House Publishing Group, 2006 - Fiction - 295 pages

This superb novel by the author of In a Father's Place confirms Tilghman as one of America's finest writers. Set on the Eastern shore of Maryland, on the eve of World War II, the story concerns the decline of the once-grand Mason family. "From the Hardcover edition."

About the author

Writer Christopher Tilghman was born in Boston in 1946 and later graduated from Yale University. After Tilghman served in the Navy, he took on construction work until he was able to establish himself as a writer. Tilghman's short stories appeared in The New Yorker magazine and in Best American Short Stories. He also published In a Father's Place, a collection of short stories, and Mason's Retreat, his first novel.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Mason's Retreat
• Author: Christopher Tilghman
• Publisher: Random House Publishing Group, 2006
• ISBN: 081297624X, 9780812976243
• Length: 295 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / Family Life / General; Fiction / Historical / 20th Century / World War II; Fiction / Historical / General; Fiction / Literary; Fiction / Psychological; Fiction / Southern; Fiction / War & Military