Prolific and consistently impressive… as usual, Busch weds a dark, morally ambiguous world view to superbly composed prose…

New Yorker

War Babies

Fiction by Frederick Busch

A short but powerful tale weaving together moral complexity and romantic intrigue, Frederick Busch’s War Babies is the story of an American lawyer in his mid-thirties (Peter Santore) who travels to England in an attempt to tie up the loose ends of his own dark past. Peter’s father, a prisoner who turned traitor in a Korean War POW camp, might have had something to do with a fellow captive’s death, the father of one Hilary Pennels––now a woman Peter’s age who lives in Salisbury. When Peter and Hilary meet, they both want information from the other, and more, and find themselves engaged in a wary dance of attraction laced with mistrust. But it may be a third person, the sole remaining survivor of the camp––a Mr. Fox––who holds the key to the mystery of betrayal that haunts Peter and Hilary alike.

Paperback

published: Jun, 01 2001

ISBN:
9780811214766
Price U.S.:
12.95
Trim Size:
5x8

Clothbound

published: Jun, 01 2001

ISBN:
9780811211031
Price U.S.:
15.95
Trim Size:
5x8
Portrait of Frederick Busch

Frederick Busch

20th century American short story writer and novelist

Prolific and consistently impressive… as usual, Busch weds a dark, morally ambiguous world view to superbly composed prose…

New Yorker