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400 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2000
My exposed big toes unsettled her, flexing priapically among the unswept leaves.
The house was silent, but somewhere in the garden was a swimming pool filled with unsettled water.
Reflections from its disturbed surface seemed to bruise the smooth walls of the house. The light drummed against Jane’s sunglasses, giving her the edgy and vulnerable look of a studio visitor who had strayed into the wrong film set.
People find all the togetherness they need in the airport boarding lounge and the department-store lift. They pay lip service to community values but prefer to be alone.
The Adolf Hitlers and Pol Pots of the future won’t walk out of the desert. They’ll emerge from shopping malls and corporate business parks.