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House of Sand and Fog
by Andre Dubus III
For a story centered around a property ownership dispute, The House of Sand and Fog is surprisingly compelling. As things escalate on both sides, the tension builds and you feel a sense of impending doom. The characters are realistic and sympathetic, despite their flaws. The story has great momentum until about the fourth quarter, where the plot ventures into the utterly absurd. The sequence of events that lead to the climax are so preposterous that I found myself struggling to finish. The ending is so tragic, it’s Shakespearean. It’s remarkable how things go so terribly wrong for everyone involved. And while the pacing starts out great, certain parts go on too long (we spend way too much time at the fish camp) and the last chapter was honestly not necessary at all.