Chick’s passionate views challenge Leo’s perspective on the escalating Vietnam conflict and on just where he stands in relation to the new people in his life. Soon Leo finds himself in the midst of a consuming love affair and an intense testing of his political values. He’s in love with the beautiful Allie Donovan who introduces him to her father, Chick a construction foreman and avowed Communist. In the summer of 1967, Leo Suther has one more year of high school to finish and a lot more to learn. In this earlier novel he captures a roiling time in American history and the coming of age of a boy who must decide between desire, ambition, and duty. With House of Sand and Fog, his National Book Award nominated novel, Andre Dubus III demonstrated his mastery of the complexities of character and desire.
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