Book Synopsis: The novel of three men and two women whose lives are shattered by an act of violence, who suddenly find themselves exposed and naked to the world -- a young man who kills to defend his manhood, an almost suicidally honest lawyer, his rapacious mistress, a ruthless millionaire politician, and a love-hungry wife -- five agonizingly real human beings, the major participants in one of the most hair-raising novels to appear in recent years.
