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House of Sand and Fog

Andre Dubus III

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#1217 of 8,085 books · #352 in Crime & Thriller

Shortlisted for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction (1999) and the National Book Award for Fiction (1999).

A former colonel in the Iranian Air Force yearns to restore his family's dignity. A recovering alcoholic and addict down on her luck struggles to hold on to the one thing she has left. And her lover, a married cop, is driven to extremes to win her love. In this masterpiece of American realism and Shakespearean consequence, Andre Dubus III's unforgettable characters—people with ordinary flaws, looking for a small piece of ground to stand on—careen toward inevitable conflict, their tragedy painting a shockingly true picture of the country we live in today.

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Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN-13
9780393046977
Topics
Immigrant experience and identityAddiction and lossProperty dispute and tragic conflict

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