The Garden of Last Days

In his follow-up to the bestselling HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG, Andre Dubus III tackles issues of sex, desire, culture, and despair in the days leading up to September 11th, 2001. April, a stripper in Florida, is forced to bring her young daughter to her nightclub job, an event that leads to an altercation with one of her nervous Islamic clients, a desperate man with a terrible secret mission. Culture conflict and sexual tension escalate to an electric level in Dubus's fascinating literary thriller.