Puttering About in a Small Land
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ISBN: 0765316943 / Publisher: Tor Books, December 2009
Their son's enrollment in a 1950s southern California school complicated by troubles in their marriage, Roger and Virginia Lindhal meet fellow parents Chic and Liz Bonner and forge a relationship that triggers complicated emotions, in a posthumous work by the best-selling author of Blade Runner.
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When Roger and Virginia Lindhal enroll their son Gregg in Mrs. Alt’s Los Padres Valley School in the mountains of Southern California, their marriage is already in deep trouble.Then the Lindhals meet Chic and Liz Bonner, whose two sons also board at Mrs. Alt’s school. The meeting is a catalyst for a complicated series of emotions and traumas, set against the backdrop of suburban Los Angeles in the early fifties. The buildup of emotional intensity and the finely observed characterizations are a hallmark of Philip K. Dick’s work. This is a realistic novel filled with details of everyday life and skillfully told from three points of view. It is powerful, eloquent, and gripping.
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