`PLAINSONG' HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR.(Books)(Column) From: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO) | Date: November 14, 1999 | COPYRIGHT 1999 Rocky Mountain News. All rights reserved. Reproduced with the permission of the Dialog Corporation by Gale Group. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: Patti Thorn

When Kent Haruf finished his book Plainsong, he expected no more than a small publishing contract, a little respect - and a book that would be all-too-soon forgotten. ``I assumed it would be like my other two, which got critical attention but didn't sell especially well,'' he says.

He wasn't the only wary one.

As his manuscript arrived on Knopf editor Gary Fisketjon's desk, Fisketjon wasn't exactly brimming with optimism. Sure, he'd edited fine writing by Cormac McCarthy, Richard Ford and Tobias Wolf, but in between he'd read enough bad prose to ...

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