those who walk away LARKEN Ferguson's brilliant 90-page introduction doubles

Ferguson's brilliant 90-page introduction doubles as a manifesto on the methodology of counter-factual history

Rowell is an eloquent writer

small-town man had to take on Germany

and the human condition

those who walk away LARKEN Ferguson's brilliant 90-page introduction doublesRay Garrett, a wealthy young American living in Europe, is grieving over the death of his wife Peggy. Ray is at a loss for why she would take her own life, but Peggys father Ed Coleman, a painter, has no such uncertaintyhe blames Ray completely. Late one night in Rome, Coleman shoots Ray at point blank range. He thinks hes had his revenge, but Ray survives and follows Coleman and his wealthy girlfriend to Venice. In Venice, it happens again: Coleman