Trespass (Vintage Contemporaries) (Paperback)

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Two women, Chloe Dale, an artist comfortably ensconced in bucolic suburbia, and Salome Drago, a wily, seductive refugee from a country that no longer exists, confront each other in a Manhattan restaurant, and the battle lines are drawn. Toby Dale, son of the artist and ardent suitor of the refugee, is in no position to choose sides. Outside, the drumbeats for the impending invasion of Iraq drown out all argument, and those who object will soon be reduced to standing in the street. The story of two families—suspicious, territorial, naïve in their confidence that they are free of the past—Trespass unfolds with commanding force. It is a bracing, tender novel for the 21st century.

About the Author


VALERIE MARTIN is the author of eleven novels, four collections of short fiction, and a biography of Saint Francis of Assisi, titled Salvation. She has been awarded grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship, as well as the Kafka Prize (for Mary Reilly) and Britain's Orange Prize (for Property).

Praise For…


“Brilliant and seductive.” —People (four stars)“Martin is an expert at combining simmering menace with a cool, merciless irony.” —Salon“Arresting. . . . Trespass is a literary treasure hiding in plain sight.”—Chicago Tribune “A wickedly diverting novel about the storm-driven erosion of Fortress America.”—Los Angeles Times “Mesmerizing. . . . a war novel that gives you a glimpse of what war might really mean. . . . Trespass revels in truth.” —The Washington Post Book World
Product Details
ISBN: 9781400095513
ISBN-10: 1400095514
Publisher: Vintage
Publication Date: September 23rd, 2008
Pages: 304
Language: English
Series: Vintage Contemporaries