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Adam Haslett
American fiction writer and journalist
Union Atlantic
Charlotte Graves, a retired history teacher, finds her world upended when her dogs begin speaking to her in the voices of Cotton Mather and Malcolm X. This coincides with a clash against Doug Fanning, an ambitious young banker building a lavish mansion on her family's former land. Their conflict intensifies with the involvement of Nate Fuller, a troubled high-school student, revealing a story about financial power, the defense of tradition, and distorted desires.