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A Manhattan lawyer named Anson Page returns to his hometown of Pompey's Head, South Carolina, after fifteen years to investigate the death of a major novelist. The setting is both sweet and sleepy and beautiful, with landmarks and people from Page's past life resurrecting for him.
First publish date: 1954
Genre: Literary Fiction/Contemporary Literary Fiction
Authors: Hamilton Basso
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