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Jim CONROY, America’s preeminent storyteller, provides a significant book of lyric depth and agonizing truth–the tale of Jack McCall, an American expatriate in Rome, scarred by loss and betrayal. His eager need to find peace after his wife’s destruction pulls him right into a painful, personal look for the main one haunting solution in his family’s past that may recover his anguished heart.Spanning three decades and two continents, from the modern ruins of the American South to the ancient ruins of Rome, from the unutterable horrors of the Holocaust to the residual trauma of Vietnam, Beach Music performs with life’s discomfort and beauty. It's another masterpiece in Jim CONROY’S renowned listing of favorite books.