Pulitzer Prize Fiction Winner
A Summons to Memphis
by Peter Taylor
Summary
An elderly man is summoned back to his family home in Memphis to prevent his octogenarian father from remarrying, leading to a quiet reckoning with family resentments.
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Historical Context & Significance
Taylor was a master of "The Southern Gentility" story; this win late in his life was seen as a tribute to his career-long focus on the domestic tensions of the upper-class South.