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A PASSION IN THE DESERT novel by Thomas E. Kennedy, ISBN: 1-877655-52-X/978-1-8877655-52-4. First trade edition, 5 1/2 X 8 1/2, 2007. $15 plus s/h (U.S. only) Now $10.50 plus $5.00 s/h Cover artwork by Andi Olsen Cover design by Kristin Johnson, redbat design [object Object]
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It is no coincidence that Thomas E. Kennedy's eighth novel, A Passion in the Desert, borrows its title from a Balzac story about mistrust and betrayal—for these are the themes at the heart of this unsettling story about a man stalked by guilt over a choice he made two decades before. Now small strange happenings begin to plague his days—somebody else's words in his journal, one too many flat tires, things out of place in his home, damning evidence in his laundry... Somebody, it seems, is after him, but who? A colleague? His own son? Or is it all just a reflection of the guilt, festering in his own heart?
For more information on the author, see: www.thomasekennedy.com
Three-minute video interview with Bloomsbury about In The Company of Angels
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PRAISE FOR PASSION IN THE DESERT
Finalist for Foreword Magazine's Book-of-the-Year Award in Literary Fiction.
Readers have been introduced to a very troubled mind which only exposes itself slowly as the book progresses.
--Rochelle Ratner for American Book Review, Line on Line, Volume 29, Number 3
In A Passion in the Desert, Kennedy's exploration of the many modalities of love delivers us to the convergence of sex and death. I don't know of another fiction writer today whose craft is a match for his.
— Robert Gover, author of One Hundred Dollar Misunderstanding
Spellbinding, at times terrifying, with prose that is heartbreakingly beautiful. Kennedy has written a story of the aftermath of an unforgettable passion, the cost of letting go, and then letting go.
— Duff Brenna, author of The Book of Mamie
By the time readers finish A Passion in the Desert, they will know its central character, Fred Twomey, more intimately than they know the people around them, quite possibly even themselves.That's one of the powers of great fiction, and Thomas E. Kennedy possesses a special ability to explore the landscape of a man's inner world, exposing emotions and secrets he can barely admit to himself. Although Twomey's life is unique, caught up in its own particular drama, he is clearly one of us, and in discovering him, we discover ourselves.
— Walter Cummins, The Literary Review
Readers have been introduced to a very troubled mind which only exposes itself slowly as the book progresses.
--Rochelle Ratner for American Book Review, Line on Line, Volume 29, Number 3
In A Passion in the Desert, Kennedy's exploration of the many modalities of love delivers us to the convergence of sex and death. I don't know of another fiction writer today whose craft is a match for his.
— Robert Gover, author of One Hundred Dollar Misunderstanding
Spellbinding, at times terrifying, with prose that is heartbreakingly beautiful. Kennedy has written a story of the aftermath of an unforgettable passion, the cost of letting go, and then letting go.
— Duff Brenna, author of The Book of Mamie
By the time readers finish A Passion in the Desert, they will know its central character, Fred Twomey, more intimately than they know the people around them, quite possibly even themselves.That's one of the powers of great fiction, and Thomas E. Kennedy possesses a special ability to explore the landscape of a man's inner world, exposing emotions and secrets he can barely admit to himself. Although Twomey's life is unique, caught up in its own particular drama, he is clearly one of us, and in discovering him, we discover ourselves.
— Walter Cummins, The Literary Review
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Thomas E. Kennedy, a native of New York and American exjpatriate in Europe since the mid-1970s, is the author of eleven books of fiction, including two volumes in 2007--the novel, A Passion in the Desert, and story collection, Cast Upon the Day.Other recent novels are the four books of The Copenhagen Quartet (Kerrigen's Copenhagen, A Love Story, 2002; Bluett's Blue Hours, 2003; Greene's Summer,2004; and Danish Fall, 2005). Kennedy's fiction has won numerous awards including the O. Henry, Pushcart, Gulf Coast, and European Prizes, the Charles Angoff Award, and the Frank Expatriate Writers Award