The view from Pompeys Head (The Arbor House library of contemporary Americana)
by Hamilton Basso
Category: City and town life

Now a Manhattan lawyer representing a large publishing house, Anson Page is returning to his hometown after fifteen years to investigate the mystery surrounding one of his client's authors, a major American novelist who lives on nearby Tamburlaine Island. The landmarks and people in Pompey's Head resurrect for Page the sweep of his past life. As he sets about resolving business matters, he collides headlong with the enduring power of lineage to determine belonging and dominance, exclusion and shame, and the realization that leaving does not mean escaping. The View from Pompey's Head spent forty weeks on the New York Times bestseller list and was translated into seven languages.