Set in the hedonistic 80s, this novel combines a moving account of familial relationships with a plot of mounting menace. Leo Hertzberg's son drowns when he is ... » 

Set in the hedonistic 80s, this novel combines a moving account of familial relationships with a plot of mounting menace. Leo Hertzberg's son drowns when he is 12 and Bill Weschler's son grows up to be the acolyte of a sinister, guru-like artist who spawns murder in his wake. «