House of Sand and Fog

by Andre Dubus III

Kathy is a young recovering alcoholic recently seperated from her husband. When her family home is repossessed she is devastated. Her house is sold at auction to Behrani, a former Iranian Air Force officer for whom it represents an entry into real estate and a passport to the future for his family and his own version of the American Dream. For Kathy, its loss is the last of a sereis of insults life has dealt her and the stage is set for a gut-wrenching tragedy.

• ISBN10: 0375727345
• ISBN13: 9780375727344
• Publish Date: 16 November 2000 (first published 1 January 2000)
• Publish Status: Unknown
• Out of Print: 14 July 2011
• Publish Country: US
• Publisher: Random House USA Inc
• Imprint: Vintage Books
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 368
• Language: English

Reviews

[kimbacaffeinate]

3 people's dream for a house, riveting detail, and the house that started it all.

[jamiereadthis]

It's like watching a match set to a long trail of gasoline, burning itself up into the inevitable annihilation.