num_pages: 365
description: On a road crew in California, a former colonel in the Iranian Air Force sees a way to restore his family's dignity in an attractive bungalow available on county auction. But the house's owner, a recovering alcoholic and addict down on her luck, will fight for the one thing she has left. And her lover, a married cop, will be driven to extremes to win her love. In this masterpiece of American realism and Shakespearean consequence, Andre Dubus III's unforgettable characters careen toward inevitable conflict, their tragedy painting a shockingly true picture of the country we live in today.
language: English
title: House of Sand and Fog
titlecomplete: House of Sand and Fog
characters: Sheriff Lester Burdon, Kathy Nicolo, Colonel Behrani
genres: Literature, Suspense, Literary Fiction, Novels, Drama, Book Club, Adult, Fiction, Adult Fiction, Contemporary
ratings_count: 131820
places: California
awards: awardedAt: 915177600000
name: Los Angeles Times Book Prize
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 915177600000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Fiction
publisher: Vintage Contemporaries