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A sweeping, propulsive, darkly humorous new novel by the best-selling author of Snow Falling on Cedars: a story of destiny, desire, and destruction that reimagines Sophocles's Oedipus Rex for our own era. In Seattle in 1962, Walter Cousins, a mild-mannered actuary - "a guy who weighs risk for a living" - takes a risk of his own, and makes the biggest error of his life. He sleeps with Diane Burroughs, the sexy, not-quite-legal British au pair who's taking care of his children for the summer. Diane gets pregnant and leaves their baby on a doorstep, but not before turning the tables on Walter and setting in motion a tragedy of epic proportions. Their orphaned child, adopted by an adoring family and named Edward Aaron King, grows up to become a billionaire Internet tycoon and an international celebrity - the "King of Search" - who unknowingly, but inexorably, hurtles through life toward a fate he may have no power to shape. An instant classic - David Guterson's most daring and dazzling novel yet - that brings a contemporary urgency to one of the greatest stories of all time.
About the Author
David Guterson is the author of 11 books, including the novel Snow Falling on Cedars, winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award and of the American Booksellers Association Book of the Year Award. His writing has been celebrated for its atmospheric intensity, narrative drive, and probing exploration of fundamental human themes--love, death, meaning, and morality among them. Guterson's body of work includes 5 novels, 2 story collections, 2 works of non-fiction, and 2 books of poetry; his latest offering is a book-length poem called Turn Around Time, with illustrations by artist Justin Gibbens. A Seattle native and lifelong inhabitant of the Puget Sound region, Guterson has for decades walked and climbed in the Olympic and Cascade Mountains. He also enjoys cultivating fruit trees, banging around in his barn, and time with his children and grandchildren.Instagram @davidgutersonFacebook @DavidGutersonAuthorwebsite davidguterson.com
