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The Narcissist's Daughter
Craig Holden
Simon & Schuster
June 2008
On Sale: June 10, 2008
240 pages
ISBN: 1416572783
EAN: 9781416572787
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In his earlier acclaimed novels, Craig Holden created a
thrilling vision of America that was at once lyrical and
dark. Now, with The Narcissist's Daughter, he expands
that vision in his most accomplished and controversial work
to date, a drama about the collision between two families,
both riddled with desires but from opposite sides of the
tracks. From the outside the Kesslers appear to have it
all: Dr. Ted Kessler is a decorated veteran who now runs the
lab at a large medical center. He and his wife, Joyce, live
with their daughter, Jessi, in a beautiful house in the
estate section of an Ohio city in the 1970s. Ted is widely
respected as a clinician, researcher, manager, and
businessman. But when he resolves to mentor an ambitious
working-class student, this idyllic little world is
threatened. Syd Redding, the gruff, streetwise narrator
of The Narcissist's Daughter, has no plan in mind for
the Kesslers. He's a bored pre-med student with few
prospects, a failure for a stepfather, and a sister who
seems to be following his example. Soon after he meets
Kessler's wife and daughter, he finds himself ensnared in
the secret machinations of this magnetic family on the brink
of unraveling. The Narcissist's Daughter is the
compulsively readable and suspenseful story of a simple
affair that blossoms into obsession, exploitation, and
finally, a passion for revenge that threatens to ruin the
lives of everyone involved.
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