Closing Arguments

Frederick Busch

ISBN 10: 0449907503 / ISBN 13: 9780449907504

Published by Ballantine Books February 1993, 1993

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Closing Arguments
• Publisher: Ballantine Books February 1993
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0449907503
• ISBN 13: 9780449907504
• Binding: Trade Paperback
• Condition: USED Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • LITERATURE & Fiction

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Synopsis

Marcus Brennan is a successful small-town lawyer on the verge of a breakdown. His wife, Schelle, thinks it’s post-traumatic stress disorder from his years as a POW in Vietnam. Planning the dedication of a memorial for Vietnam soldiers, she asks Marcus to say a few words at the ceremony, hoping the experience will help to exorcise his demons. But after agreeing to defend Estella Pritchett, a social worker accused of murdering her lover, Marcus begins a downward spiral into the murky depths of his own past–where sex is violent, where love means betrayal, and where his own memories have the power to destroy him. . . .

About the Author

Frederick Busch, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and the PEN Faulkner Award, is the recipient of the PEN/Malamud Prize for achievement in the short story. He recently won the Award of Merit Medal from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, given in recognition of a writer’s lifetime achievement. His newest work of fiction is Don’t Tell Anyone. Fairchild Professor of Literature at Colgate University, he lives in upstate New York.