Jay Chandler, an archeologist excavating an ancient Greek temple, is surprised to find himself invited to a week-long party on an exotic island paradise. Attendees to the yearly event usually include European nobility, Texan oilmen, ballerinas and bullfighters, millionaire politicos in exile, Japanese potentates, artists, and gorgeous models. It's the sort of party many would kill to attend, but no one really expects murder to become part of the festivities.
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Set on an isolated private Greek island and echoing siren choruses from classical mythology, Faust's imaginative fifth novel (after Fugitive Moon, 1995) roils with Oedipal passion. When young American archeologist Jay Chandler is summoned by his mentor, the fabulously wealthy Alexander Krisos, to excavate and restore the ruins of the ancient temple of Poseidon, he finds himself the unwitting pawn in a diabolical reenactment of a classic Greek tragedy. Goaded into diving off a cliff and fighting a bull, Jay is driven to confront his demons through exercises of self-examination. At the annual, week-long orgiastic party at the exotic estate of the malevolent and egomaniacal Greek tycoon, a series of seemingly unrelated deaths stir explosive tensions among the guests. Pursued by Krisos's daughter, whom Jay considers a sister, the archeologist is caught up in a maelstrom of conflicting loyalties. When the party culminates in a theatrical reenactment of Theseus's duel with the Minotaur staged deep within the island's labyrinthine network of caves, Jay and other characters are brought to a final moments of truth. Confirming Faust as a novelist to be reckoned with, this intricate omnium-gatherum, told in chiseled prose, seduces the reader with both wit and passion.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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When archaeologist Jay Chandler accepts an invitation to visit a billionaire Greek friend's island to restore an ancient temple, he finds himself a pawn in an elaborate tragedy. A wild, week-long party with celebrity guests, bullfights, mysterious deaths, the billionaire's dysfunctional family, and an oedipal play that ends with a murderous minotaur in caves beneath the island all emphasize classical analogies gone wrong. Faust, a former pro baseball player and newspaper reporter, wrote half a dozen novels before 1983, then four in the last four years (e.g., Fugitive Moon, LJ 4/1/95). He is a Homeric storyteller with an eye for the odd character and a fine gift for Spartan description. Recommended for all fiction collections.?Roland C. Person, Southern Illinois University Lib., Carbondale
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Good Ol' Muscular Prose,
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This review is from: Lord of the Dark Lake (Hardcover)
This tale benefits greatly from Foust's style; he deftly handles the protagonist's clashes and friendship with a Greek family on the family's own, dangerous turf. The book jacket trumpeted comparisons with Hemingway, and it was right. This book provides a tight, literate summer read
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This review is from: Lord of the Dark Lake (Hardcover)
After reading Uris' "Trinity" and a Roth's "Sabbath's Theatre" I was looking for something entertaining but not heavy or with four pages devoted to the innerpsyche of each character. While the book was sometimes predictable, I enjoyed the redeeming qualities of the lead character Jay contrasted to the Krisos' family members. Indeed, from the pedophile homosexual elderly brothers to the classic bullfighter, each character was a contrast that moved the book through the somewhat tired plot
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