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House of Sand and Fog
by Andre Dubus III
Strangely, even though I sort of hated this book & skimmed parts of it, the main plot points and some of the characters have stayed with me.
The story is a train wreck, as I was warned by my friend Heather who loaned me this book. A woman’s house is taken from her by the state, due to a clerical error. Deep in depression, the woman (Kathy) had ignored all the notices she received about it. I had little sympathy for her plight, because her own incompetence was at the heart of her problems. After the house is sold to another family, Kathy tries to get it back. Her new boyfriend, Lester, is a police officer who leaves his family for Kathy. Lester descends into thughood, harassing the new owners of the house. Things get really out of hand and turn disasterous.
The high skim factor is due to the fact that the writing is not that good and becomes very repetitive at times. The plot reads like a B movie screenplay, with all the attendant melodrama. What a shock, the novel was made into a hollywood movie.
The new home owners are Iranian immigrants. They are the most believable–and the only likable–characters. But their end is rather grim. My advice: if you get sucked in by this one, be prepared to see the wreckage.
The story is a train wreck, as I was warned by my friend Heather who loaned me this book. A woman’s house is taken from her by the state, due to a clerical error. Deep in depression, the woman (Kathy) had ignored all the notices she received about it. I had little sympathy for her plight, because her own incompetence was at the heart of her problems. After the house is sold to another family, Kathy tries to get it back. Her new boyfriend, Lester, is a police officer who leaves his family for Kathy. Lester descends into thughood, harassing the new owners of the house. Things get really out of hand and turn disasterous.
The high skim factor is due to the fact that the writing is not that good and becomes very repetitive at times. The plot reads like a B movie screenplay, with all the attendant melodrama. What a shock, the novel was made into a hollywood movie.
The new home owners are Iranian immigrants. They are the most believable–and the only likable–characters. But their end is rather grim. My advice: if you get sucked in by this one, be prepared to see the wreckage.