# The Mercy Seat

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- Book: [The Mercy Seat](https://www.bookquiver.com/rilla-askew/the-mercy-seat) ([The Mercy Seat.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/rilla-askew/the-mercy-seat.md))
- Authors: [Rilla Askew](https://www.bookquiver.com/rilla-askew)
- Publisher: penguin_books
- ISBN: 978-01-4026-515-6
- Pages: 448
- Published: 1998-05-01
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

A FINALIST FOR THE PEN/FAULKNER AWARD An epic story that takes place on the dusty, remorseless Oklahoma frontier, where two brothers are deadlocked in a furious rivalry Fayette is an enterprising schemer...