New England White Peter Newman Patricia Duncker's gripping novel is

Patricia Duncker's gripping novel is a disturbing tale of Oedipal passion

Thomas goes to the valley of Astarac where he believes the grail was once hidden and might still be concealed

hunted by enemy and ally alike

John Updike's new novel describes violent events in the imaginary African nation of Kush - a large

New England White Peter Newman Patricia Duncker's gripping novel isWhen The Emperor of Ocean Park was published, the Observer declared: 'The book is superb, both as a thriller and as a novel of social observation.' Now, with that same astute social observation, narrative drive, and richness of plot and character, Stephen Carter returns us to the New England university town of Elm Harbor, where the murder of a renowned African American economist opens a door on the racial complications of the town's past, on one