In his earlier acclaimed novels Craig Holden created a thrilling vision ofAmerica that was at once lyrical and dark. Now with The NarcissistsDaughter he expand... » 

In his earlier acclaimed novels Craig Holden created a thrilling vision ofAmerica that was at once lyrical and dark. Now with The NarcissistsDaughter he expands that vision in his most accomplished and controversialwork to date a drama about the collision between two families both riddledwith desires but from opposite sides of the tracks.From the outside theKesslers appear to have it all Dr. Ted Kessler is a decorated veteran who nowruns the lab at a large medical center. He and his wife Joyce live with theirdaughter Jessi in a beautiful house in the estate section of an Ohio city inthe 1970s. Ted is widely respected as a clinician researcher manager andbusinessman. But when he resolves to mentor an ambitious workingclass studentthis idyllic little world is threatened. Syd Redding the gruff streetwisenarrator of The Narcissists Daughter has no plan in mind for the Kesslers.Hes a bored premed student with few prospects a failure for a stepfatherand a sister who seems to be following his example. Soon after he meetsKesslers wife and daughter he finds himself ensnared in the secretmachinations of this magnetic family on the brink of unraveling.TheNarcissists Daughter is the compulsively readable and suspenseful story of asimple affair that blossoms into obsession exploitation and finally apassion for revenge that threatens to ruin the lives of everyone involved. «