Forgetfulness - by Ward Just (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Justs most gripping, insightful, and nuanced novel yet shows the corrosive effects of war and its unexpected consequences for the individual conscience.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>"Ward Just is not merely America's best political novelist. He is America's greatest living novelist."--Susan Zakin, </b><i><b>Lithub </b></i> <p/><b>"Just's a master at blending the personal and political.<i> Forgetfulness</i> gets at the heart of terrorism and revenge."--<i>USA Today</i></b> <p/> Thomas Railles, an American expatriate and former "odd-jobber" for the CIA, is a successful painter living with his beloved wife, Florette, in a small village in the Pyrenees. On an ordinary autumn day, Florette goes for a walk in the hills and is killed by unknown assailants. Was her death simply a case of being in the wrong place at the wrong time, or was it somehow connected to Thomas's work with the CIA? When French officials detain four Moroccan terrorists and charge them with Florette's murder, Thomas is invited by his boyhood friend (and former agency handler) Bernhard to witness the interrogation. Thomas's search for answers in this shadow world will lead him to a confrontation that will change him forever.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"[Just]'s a master at blending the personal and political. Forgetfulness gets at the heart of terrorism and revenge."--<b><i>USA Today</i></b> <p/> "Forgetfulness is a wonderful addition to [Just's] distinctive and distinguished body of work."--<b><i>The New York Times Book Review</i></b> <p/> "<i>Forgetfulness </i>is an intellectual and emotional marvel of a book."--<b><i>Boston Globe</i></b> <p/> "Written in a style both taut and reflective, this is suspense of the highest order."--<b><i>Atlantic Monthly</i></b> <p/> "Mr. Just's finest novel yet."--<b><i>The Wall Street Journal</i></b> <p/> "The first notable work by a major American writer to engage the moral and emotional complexities of the post-9/11 world."--<b><i>Los Angeles Times</i></b> <br> "A heartbreaking tale that is as contemporary as today's newspaper headlines and as timeless as the most profound classic tragedy."--<b><i>Bookpage</i></b> <p/> "[A] riveting examination of personal loss and political criminality... Just's Forgetfulness is haunting, clarifying, and imperative." --<b><i>Booklist</i></b>, Starred Review <p/> "Superb--as suspense, as theater, as psychological warfare...[Just] is as seductive a raconteur as ever."--<b><i>Kirkus Reviews</i></b> <p/> <br><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Ward Just is the author of fourteen previous novels, including the National book Award finalist Echo House and An Unfinished Season, winner of the Chicago Tribune's Heartland Award. In a career that began as a war correspondent for Newsweek and the Washington Post, Just has lived and written in half a dozen countries, including Britain, France, and Vietnam. His characters often lead public lives as politicians, civil servants, soldiers, artists, and writers. It is the tension between public duty and private conscience that animates much of his fiction, including Forgetfulness. Just and his wife, Sarah Catchpole, divide their time between Martha's Vineyard and Paris.
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