| Sins of Two Fathers Contributor(s): Hamill, Denis (Author) |
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ISBN: 0743462998 ISBN-13: 9780743462990 Publisher: Atria Books OUR PRICE: $22.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2004 Annotation: Denis Hamill's novels have won acclaim for their gritty realism and evocative characters. In "Sins of Two Fathers, the veteran columnist captures the fascinating world of journalism he knows so well, penning a gripping tale about a newspaper man's responsibility to report the truth and a dying man's need for revenge. Hank Tobin is a Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper columnist with a reputation for breaking explosive stories. Twenty years ago, he overheard a man bragging in a bar about how his son torched the home of a minority family to keep the neighborhood white. When Hank broke the story on his papers front page, the boy was slapped with a ten-year prison sentence. Fast forward to today, when Tobin receives a series of anonymous tips about the firebombing of a Brooklyn mosque. The tipster, however, is none other than the father of the arsonist whom Hank had sent to prison years ago, now ill and dying. When the man proves that he has a photo of Hank's son leaving the mosque, his vengeful agenda becomes painfully obvious. As the investigation unfolds, the author takes us into the minds of these two foes by way of their heated pay phone conversations, constructing a riveting narrative of desperation and tragedy. And as Hank's struggle to find the truth deepens the cracks in his estranged family, a tale of two embattled fathers races toward a chilling and climactic denouement. This is emotional fiction at its thrilling best. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Thrillers - General - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - General - Fiction | Thrillers - Suspense |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 1.02" H x 5.3" W x 8.22" (0.68 lbs) 384 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Cultural Region - Northeast U.S. - Geographic Orientation - New York - Locality - New York, N.Y. - Sex & Gender - Masculine |
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| Publisher Description: You will now feel the pain I have felt for the past ten years, Hank Tobin. You are going to know what it is like to have your son suffer for the sins of his father, which is the worst pain any man will ever know. Hank Tobin had it all: a popular column in a New York newspaper, a Pulitzer prize, and wealth that enabled him to live his boyhood dreams. But his world is shattered when his son -- himself an aspiring journalist -- follows an anonymous tip to a can't-miss front-page story: the firebombing of a Brooklyn mosque. Hank's son is accused of the crime, arrested, and thrown into prison. Hank soon discovers that his son was framed by a man who has been waiting a decade to have his revenge. Sitting in a seedy New York bar ten years earlier, Hank overheard a janitor bragging that his son torched the home of a minority family to keep the neighborhood white. Hank's story of the event made the front page. The boy spent ten years in prison and the family was destroyed -- a minor event in the life of the columnist, a life-altering event for the janitor and his family. Hank's life is in ruins. Divorced from his wife -- whom he desperately wants back -- and estranged by his daughter, Hank has lost his reputation, his career, and his family. To save his son from a long prison sentence, Hank must confront the vengeful man whose life he once carelessly destroyed. |
Contributor Bio(s): Hamill, Denis: - Denis Hamill is the author of ten novels, including two previous novels featuring Bobby Emmet--3 Quarters and Throwing 7's, as well as Fork in the Road, Long Time Gone, Sins of Two Fathers, and his Brooklyn Christmas fable, Empty Stockings. He currently writes a column for the New York Daily News, and he has been a columnist for New York magazine, the Los Angeles Herald Examiner, and the Boston Herald American. |