![]() ![]() It is an American tragedy, and a shockingly true picture of the country we live in today. ![]() Outcome, in a masterstroke of American realism and Shakespearean consequence. It turns both the traditional immigrant success storyĪnd a modern love story upside down with a heartrending Unfolding relentlessly from its tense and colorful first lines, House of Sand and Fog These are people with ordinary flaws, people just looking for a small piece of ground to stand on, driven by the same needs into inevitable conflict-a conflict in which even the reader, rooting for all of them, has no safe haven. But the house'sįormer owner, a recovering alcoholic and addict down on her luck,ĭoesn't see it that way, nor does her lover, a married cop driven toĮxtremes to win her love and get her house back.ĭubus has an extraordinary ability to get us inside each of his characters, to see the world as it is for each of them. Opportunity for himself, his wife, and his children. When an attractive bungalow comesĪvailable on county auction for a fraction of its value, he sees a great Important piece of territory in the world.Ī former colonel in the Iranian Air Force under the Shah yearns to And a small house will seem like the most In this page-turning, breathtaking novel, the characters will walk off A National Book Award finalist, Oprah Book Club pick, #1 New York Times bestseller and basis for the Oscar-nominated motion picture. ![]()
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