A. M. Homes

"May we be forgiven," an incantation, a prayer, the hope that somehow I come out of this alive. Was there ever a time you thought—I am doing this on purpose, I am fucking up and I don't know why. D o you want my recipe for disaster? The warning sign: last year, Thanksgiving at their house....

Er steht an der Scheibe und schaut hinaus. Unter ihm liegt die Stadt ausgebreitet, in dunstigen Schlummer gehüllt. Tiefdruckgebiet. Wolken wälzen sich über die Hügel und quellen aus den Rissen und Spalten, als gäbe die Geographie persönUch Rauchzeichen. Unter ihm, weit den Hang hinunter,...

Harry is a Richard Nixon scholar who leads a quiet, regular life; his brother George is a high-flying TV producer, with a murderous temper. They have been uneasy rivals since childhood. Then one day George's loses control so extravagantly that he precipitates Harry into an entirely new life. In...