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The debut novel from the author of "A Visit From The Goon Squad", which won the Pulitzer Prize last year, this was originally published in 1978. The political drama and familial tensions of the 1960s form a backdrop for the world of Phoebe O'Connor, aged 18. With a new cover style, this will delight all "Goon Squad" fans. 'A trip that takes the reader through stunning emotional terrain.' "The New Yorker"
Synopsis
Phoebe O'Connor of age eighteen is obsessed with the memory and death of her sister Faith, a beautiful idealistic hippie who died in Italy in 1970. In order to find out the truth about Faith's life and death, Phoebe retraces her steps from San Francisco across Europe.
