Aktion	Zweigstelle	Standorte	Status	Frist	Vorbestellungen
Vorbestellen	Zweigstelle: 07., Urban-Loritz-Pl. 2a	Standorte: FS.E DR Doct / College 1a - Fremdsprachen-Bibliothek / Sammlung Duffek	Status: Entliehen	Frist: 03.12.2024	Vorbestellungen: 0

VERLAGSTEXT:A wedge is driven between a husband and wife when a mysterious strangerarrives, claiming to have grown up in their home. After agreeing to marry abeautiful, headstrong Russian immigrant in exchange for a promotion, a bus boy turned waiter finds himself entangled in a web of organized crime. A strangeconfluence of circumstances at the end of an ordinary workday causes a man togo off the grid, living off what he can forage in the same affluent suburb where heonce lived comfortably with his family. These and the other mesmerizing works ofshort fiction in this collection are resonant with the mystery, tension, beauty, andinsight that distinguish E. L. Doctorow's novels.