House of Sand and Fog: A Novel

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Andre Dubus III

The National Book Award finalist, Oprah’s Book Club pick, #1 New York Times bestseller and basis for the Oscar-nominated motion picture A recent immigrant from the Middle East—a former colonel in the Iranian Air Force—yearns to restore his family’s dignity in California. A recovering alcoholic and addict down on her luck struggles to hold onto the one thing she has left?her home. And her lover, a married cop, is driven to extremes to win her love. 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 paints a shockingly true picture of the country we live in today.

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Author

Andre Dubus III

Pages

384

Publisher

W. W. Norton & Company

Published Date

2011-03-31

ISBN

0393070352 9780393070354

Ratings

Google: 5

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"I read this book for a college course and found it fairly intriguing. The descriptions of San Francisco are amazing and the fog seems to engulf the characters described. It is an interesting tale of the struggles of immigrants, and you can honestly understand both parties points of view."

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Rebekah Travis

"So tragic! What did you think?"