House of Sand and Fog

About this book

The Oprah Book Club selection for November 2000. Tense with suspense from the first line this is one of the great American realist novels. In this page-turning breathtaking novel the characters will walk off the page and into your life. And a small house will seem like the most important piece of territory in the world. On a road crew in California a former colonel in the Iranian Air Force under the Shah yearns to restore his familys dignity. When an attractive bungalow comes available on county auction for a fraction of its value he sees a great opportunity for himself his wife and his children. But the houses former owner a recovering alcoholic and addict down on her luck doesnt see it that way nor does her lover a married cop driven to extremes to win her love and get her house back. House of Sand and Fog is a narrative triumph in which a traditional immigrant success story and a modern love story are turned upside down with brutal heartrending consequences. It is an American tragedy and a shockingly true picture of the country we live in today.