Wilder's first work of fiction after 20 years, this novel is about a man who shoots and kills his friend, is sentenced to death, and becomes a fugitive from justice.
Malamud's novel is based on the case of a Jewish worker in Russia who is accused of murder, and his subsequent treatment at the hands of the law and the public.
A scary, funny novel—a riff on recent history and the American obsession with assassination. It's winter in New Hampshire, the economy is booming, the vice president is running for president, and his Secret Service people are very, very tense.<BR>Meet Vi Asplund, a young Secret Service agent mo ...
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