- Psychologists, Fiction, Fiction, suspense, New York Times reviewed
"In 1983, Dustin Tillman's family--his parents and his aunt and uncle--were murdered in a shocking massacre. His foster brother, Rusty, was convicted of the crime, in a trial that was steeped in the "Satanic Cult" paranoia of the 1980s. Thirty years later, Rusty's conviction is overturned, and suddenly Dustin, now a psychologist, must question whether his testimony that imprisoned his brother was accurate. When one of his patients, an ex-cop, gets him deeply involved in a series of unsolved murders, Dustin's happy suburban life starts to unravel, as his uncertainties about his past and present life begin to merge"--
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- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
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About the book
- Author
- Dan Chaon
- First published
- 2017
- Pages
- 479
- Publisher
- Ballantine Books
- Editions
- 2
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780345476050
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