The Reconstructionist
Author: Josephine Hart
Coolly and compellingly narrated by a man dedicated to the examination of other people’s pasts and the reconstruction of their lives, this is a brilliant, dark and gripping new novel that surpasses even Hart’s masterpiece, Damage. A psychiatrist, Jack is divorced. His own past and that of his beautiful, enigmatic sister Kate certainly bear scrutiny. Then he gets a phone ca….Read More
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