
Richie Palumbo, the most ordinary of men, gets lost one night in 1969 while driving with his family. He finds himself in Norumbega--a gorgeous, hidden town on the far edges of Boston's western suburbs. He sees a venerable old house and, without quite knowing why, decides that...

A beautiful new novel about the consequences of pursuing the American Dream, by an author "exquisitely tuned to his characters' hopes, uncertainties and misgivings." ( Seattle Times ) Richie Palumbo, the most prosaic of men, gets lost one night in 1969 while driving home with...