The San Andreas Fault is both a real and a metaphorical player in this novel of northern California in the early 70s. Set on a ranch near Monterey Bay, it explores relationships in a family jarred by the return of a son from Vietnam, almost whole but shaken and confused. His return coincides with a series of bizarre killings that panic the community—a reminder that in the legendary land of promise abundant possibilities and agents of destruction live side by side.
- ISBN10 0520207130
- ISBN13 9780520207134
- Publish Date 6 October 1996 (first published 1 April 1987)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 12 December 2007
- Publish Country US
- Imprint University of California Press
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 337
- Language English