![]() ![]() Neither does it become maudlin or forced. Schwartz structures the book with the tautness of a thriller-Will Ethan find his son's murderer?-but this book quickly becomes much larger than a simple revenge tale. Dwight is no cartoon villain with a son, an ex-wife and a history of sudden violence, he's like a lesser Ethan-a poor father who, through incompetence, has killed another man's son. For Dwight -the driver who killed Josh-the event stands as more evidence of a significantly flawed life. For Ethan, his wife, Grace, and their daughter, Emma, Josh becomes both a cold absence and a constant, haunting, unfulfilled promise. Moments later, his 10-year-old son, Josh, is killed by a hit-and-run driver, inaugurating a novel of terrible beauty that charts the progress of grief with concerto-like precision. That had always been its fundamental premise,"" observes Ethan Learner, an English professor at a small college in Connecticut. ![]()
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