num_pages: 368
description: Kathy is a young recovering alcoholic recently seperated from her husband. When her family home is repossessed she is devastated. Her house is sold at auction to Behrani, a former Iranian Air Force officer for whom it represents an entry into real estate and a passport to the future for his family and his own version of the American Dream. For Kathy, its loss is the last of a series of insults life has dealt her and the stage is set for a gut-wrenching tragedy.
language: English
title: House of Sand and Fog
titlecomplete: House of Sand and Fog
characters: Kathy Nicolo, Sheriff Lester Burdon, Colonel Behrani
genres: Fiction, Book Club, Drama, Literature, Adult, Novels, Contemporary, Adult Fiction, Literary Fiction, Suspense
ratings_count: 131825
places: California
awards: awardedAt: 915177600000
name: Los Angeles Times Book Prize
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 915177600000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Fiction
publisher: Vintage