Synopses & Reviews
Leela Moore is a brilliant math prodigy who escapes her small Southern town to study in Boston. From the moment she hears Mishka, dark and slender, playing his violin in the subway, she is drawn to him, and they quickly become lovers.
One night Leela is inexplicably taken off the street to an interrogation centre: there has been an “ incident, ” an explosion on the subway; terrorists are suspected, and security is high. Leela’ s childhood friend Cobb, whom she hasn’ t seen in years, is conducting the very questionable investigation. When Cobb reveals to her that Mishka may not be all that he seems, she is forced to wonder: Whom can she believe? And when Mishka disappears, doubt erodes her love as she embarks on her own investigation to find him and unravel the mystery of his life.
In an enthralling novel as passionate as it is true to life, Janette Turner Hospital reveals an American underworld of suspicion and despair– and shows how fear and paranoia have worked their way into our daily lives.
Synopsis
Leela is a mathematician who has escaped her Southern hometown to study in Boston. She meets an Australian musician, Mishka, and from the moment she first hears him play his music grips her; they quickly become lovers. Then one day Leela is picked up off the street and taken to an interrogation center somewhere outside the city. There has been an explosion in the subway; terrorism is suspected. The interrogator--an old childhood friend--now reveals to her that Mishka may not be all he seems. In this compelling reimagining of the Orpheus story, Leela travels into an underworld of kidnapping, torture, and despair in search of her lover. Janette Turner Hospital, whose works are "richly imbued with a highly lyrical and luminous quality" () again shows her genius, interweaving a literary thriller with a story of passion and the triumph of decency in confusing and dangerous times.
Synopsis
In this powerful and passionate new novel, Janette Turner Hospital tackles head-on questions of national security, art, terrorism, and love.
About the Author
Janette Turner Hospital received Australia's Patrick White Award for lifetime literary achievement, and is Distinguished Professor of English at the University of South Carolina. She lives in Columbia, South Carolina.