Synopsis
Hilton Wise is the son of one of the most powerful and wealthy lawyers in the United States. When he falls for Savannah, a young black girl he meets on Cape Cod during the summer of 1952, he has no idea that his passion for her will lead to the exposure of his father’s deepest secrets. The result will shatter...
Details
28 March 2013256 pages
9781447241850Imprint: Picador
Reviews
‘It’s an absorbing, well-crafted book, with all the story-telling virtues on display. It is atmospheric, thoughtful and mature, with characters whose fate arouses genuine curiosity. It is fiction of great integrity and vast promise.’ Hilary Mantel, author of Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies
‘Nadler skillfully creates characters whose failures and faults make them comically, endearingly human’ New Yorker
‘Funny and tragic and old-fashioned and brand-spanking new, all at once’ Oprah Magazine
‘Stuart Nadler is a great writer’ Time Out
