War Babies – Novel - Hardcover

Busch, F

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ISBN 10: 0811211037 ISBN 13: 9780811211031

Publisher: New Directions, 1990

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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.

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Review:

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.

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.

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