Description: Banerjhee Rolf, a bright, levelheaded Indian Americanscientist, is content to spend his days with his wife, tending his garden andstudying his beloved astronomy. When Rolf 's relationship with Toby Pride, his seedy,drug-dealing neighbor, and Pride's stoner girlfriend takes a weirdturn, Rolf's placid world is shattered, and he becomes a fugitive from justice.Crime, cosmology, politics, philosophy, physics, and more enter into thiscautionary tale, which climaxes with the suddenness of a cobra strike and then deliversa denouement that's both stunning and absolutely perfect.
Brief description:
Jim Nisbet is the author of a dozen novels and five books of poetry. He has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize three times, short-listed for the Hammett Prize, and published in ten languages. He lives in San Francisco, California.