War Babies: Novel
Frederick Busch
(Author)
Description
Peter's father, a prisoner who turned traitor in a Korean War POW camp, might have had something to do with a fellow captive's death, the father of one Hilary Pennels--now a woman Peter's age who lives in Salisbury. When Peter and Hilary meet, they both want information from the other, and more, and find themselves engaged in a wary dance of attraction laced with mistrust. But it may be a third person, the sole remaining survivor of the camp--a Mr. Fox--who holds the key to the mystery of betrayal that haunts Peter and Hilary alike.
Product Details
Price
$15.95
$14.83
Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation
Publish Date
September 17, 1989
Pages
121
Dimensions
5.59 X 0.66 X 8.24 inches | 0.4 pounds
Language
English
Type
Hardcover
EAN/UPC
9780811211031
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About the Author
Frederick Busch (1941-2006) was the recipient of many honors, including an American Academy of Arts and Letters Fiction Award, a National Jewish Book Award, and the PEN/Malamud Award. The prolific author of sixteen novels and six collections of short stories, Busch is renowned for his writing's emotional nuance and minimal, plainspoken style. A native of Brooklyn, New York, he lived most of his life in upstate New York, where he worked for forty years as a professor at Colgate University.
Reviews
Prolific and consistently impressive... as usual, Busch weds a dark, morally ambiguous world view to superbly composed prose...
For years Frederick Busch has been at work on one of the most impressive bodies of American fiction.--Reynolds Price
Busch is a writer both witty and humane, and his characters are often deftly funny; for them, pain is an occasion not for self-pity but for gallows humor.
For years Frederick Busch has been at work on one of the most impressive bodies of American fiction.--Reynolds Price
Busch is a writer both witty and humane, and his characters are often deftly funny; for them, pain is an occasion not for self-pity but for gallows humor.
