Redemption by Howard Fast and Frederick Turner (1999, Hardcover)

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company

0151004552

9780151004553

1071871

Redemption

288 Pages

English

Legal, Thrillers / Suspense, General

1999

Fiction

Howard Fast, Frederick Turner

Hardcover

1.1 in

20.5 Oz

9 in

6 in

Trade

98-041373

21

PRAISE FOR 1929 "[B]y turns intoxicating, and ineffably sad, like the 'hot' music it is designed to evoke."-- The New Yorker "Those with the luck to have known Frederick Turner's earlier work--its startling range of subject, mastery of perspective and detail, sharp and beautiful prose--may not be altogether surprised by his new novel and its vivid evocation of the Jazz Age . . . For those who have yet to encounter Turner's gifts, this is a fine place to start." -- W. S. Merwin, New Orleans has seldom been stickier, ladies of the evening slinkier, or male violence held at a steadier simmer than in Turner's humid crime drama ... This dark, potent novel should be savored slowly, like a stiff Sazerac., New Orleans has seldom been stickier, ladies of the evening slinkier, or male violence held at a steadier simmer than in Turner''s humid crime drama ... This dark, potent novel should be savored slowly, like a stiff Sazerac., "Whether [Turner is]describing the mournful chorus of the blues coming from hundreds of wretched whores in "cribs" lining Storyville's back streets or the raucous entertainment offered at various sporting establishments in the district, every scene, however ugly, is presented in rich, ravishing detail."-- The New York Times Book Review, "Whether [Turner is] describing the mournful chorus of the blues coming from hundreds of wretched whores in "cribs" lining Storyville's back streets or the raucous entertainment offered at various sporting establishments in the district, every scene, however ugly, is presented in rich, ravishing detail."-- The New York Times Book Review  , PRAISE FOR 1929  "[B]y turns intoxicating, and ineffably sad, like the 'hot' music it is designed to evoke."-- The New Yorker "Those with the luck to have known Frederick Turner's earlier work--its startling range of subject, mastery of perspective and detail, sharp and beautiful prose--may not be altogether surprised by his new novel and its vivid evocation of the Jazz Age . . . For those who have yet to encounter Turner's gifts, this is a fine place to start." -- W. S. Merwin, "Whether [Turner is] describing the mournful chorus of the blues coming from hundreds of wretched whores in "cribs" lining Storyville''s back streets or the raucous entertainment offered at various sporting establishments in the district, every scene, however ugly, is presented in rich, ravishing detail."-- The New York Times Book Review

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No one could be more surprised than Ike Goldman, a seventy-eight-year-old retired contract law professor at Columbia, when he discovers that the much younger woman whom he keeps from suicide on the George Washington Bridge opens a new world of love for him. Nor could he be more shocked than when she is arrested for the murder of her ex-husband. Has Ike's love for this woman whom he has known for only six weeks blinded him to the part of her that could have led to murder? Was the abuse thatElizabeth suffered at her ex-husband's hands enough to drive even this gentle, deeply religious woman to a desperate act? Is her show of faith only a mask for revenge? In the swirling thrust and parry of her trial, Ike is forced to examine his hopes, his beliefs, and his love for the woman whose life hangs in the balance. Howard Fast's newest novel combines the suspense of great courtroom drama with the ineffable connection between a man and a woman.

PS3511.A784R44 1999