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Written & performed by Andre Dubus III - Unabridged Fiction - 10 CASSETTES - 15 hours

Publisher, Harper Audio (February 2001)

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"...one of the best American novels I've ever read." --James Lee Burke, author

"Elegant and powerful...an unusual and volatile...literary thriller." --Washington Post Book World

"A mixture of classical tragedy perfectly imbued with film noir...the work of a writer who is the real thing." --The Baltimore Sun

"A page-turner with a beating heart." --The Boston Globe

"Exceptional storytelling, true to life--searing and insightful. You can't help but be impressed." --The Philadelphia Inquirer

"The most rending kind of war is not between two hatreds, but between two hopes. Dubus sets out the growing confrontation with chilly ingenuity and a remarkably observant compassion. A fine and prophetic novel." --Los Angeles Times

In this riveting novel of almost unbearable suspense, three fragile yet determined people become dangerously entangled in a relentlessly escalating crisis. Colonel Behrani, once a wealthy man in Iran, is now a struggling immigrant willing to bet everything he has to restore his family's dignity. Kathy Niccolo is a recovering alcoholic and addict whose house is all she has left, and who refuses to let her hard-won stability slip away from her. Sheriff Lester Burdon, a married man who finds himself falling in love with Kathy, becomes obsessed with helping her fight for justice.

Drawn by their competing desires to the same small house in the California hills and doomed by their tragic inability to understand one another, the three converge in an explosive collision course. Combining unadorned realism with profound empathy, House of Sand and Fog marks the arrival of a major new voice in American fiction.