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Dubus, Andre, 1959-

House of sand and fog / Andre Dubus III. - New York : Vintage Contemporaries, 2000. - 365 pages ; 20 cm - Oprah's book club . - Oprah's book club. .

On a road crew in California, a former colonel in the Iranian Air Force under the Shah yearns to restore his family's dignity. When an attractive bungalow comes available on county auction for a fraction of its value, he sees a great opportunity for himself, his wife, and his children. But the house's former owner, a recovering alcoholic and addict down on her luck, doesn't see it that way, nor does her lover, a married cop driven to extremes to win her love and get her house back.



National Book Award Finalist, 1999.

ISBN: 0375708413 9780375708411 0375727345 9780375727344 1400077354 9781400077359 9780393338119 0393338118

Source: BRO-cust20080418-048

LCCN: 99044258

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Iranian Americans--Fiction.
Home ownership--Fiction.
Immigrants--Fiction.
Home ownership.
Immigrants.
Iranian Americans.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
San Mateo County (Calif.)--Fiction.
California--San Mateo County.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Domestic fiction.
Miscellaneous fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Fiction.
Domestic fiction.

LC Class. No.: PS3554.U2652 / H68 2000

Dewey Class. No.: 813/.54