It is seldom that one can say a book is perfect, but this is as close as Ive seen in a very long time SUNDAY INDEPENDENTA bold and unsettling parable about guilt, atonement and redemption IRISH TIMESMichael has travelled a long way from his boyhood under the endless skies of the Midwest. His retirement is peaceful, if solitary. But one day there is a visitation a mysterious car on the seafront, and a package delivered. From its contents, Michael understands that he has been commissioned to undertake a final journey.As Michael makes his way deep into a distant desert a strange and liminal landscape that lies between hell and redemption he undertakes another journey, into longsuppressed memories of Vietnam and the dying days of war, and to face a final accounting for what was done.Another compact marvel This is a meditative novel that, while investing heavily in a patient buildup of atmosphere, never forgets the need to put a foot on the gas DAILY MAILDavid Parks novels are always elegantly written INDEPENDENTUnflinching, courageous, wise, alert to the thrill and sorrow of violence ... Adds to David Parks status as a superb novelist FRANK MCGUINNESS

Binding: Paperback;208 pages; Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC; Classification: FHD; Weight: 270 g; Dimensions: 129 x 198 x 16

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