“wherever you find the greatest good, you will find the greatest evil, because evil loves paradise as much as good.”
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Joe Allston, the retired literary agent of Stegner's National Book Award-winning novel, <b>The Spectator Bird</b>, returns in this disquieting and keenly observed novel. Scarred by the senseless death of their son and baffled by the engulfing chaos of the 1960s, Allston and his wife, Ruth, have left the coast for a California retreat. And although their new home looks like Eden, it also has serpents: Jim Peck, a messianic exponent of drugs, yoga, and sex; and Marian Catlin, an attractive young woman whose otherworldly innocence is far more appealing—and far more dangerous.
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Wallace Stegner
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“wherever you find the greatest good, you will find the greatest evil, because evil loves paradise as much as good.”
“It is the beginning of wisdom when you recognize that the best you can do is choose which rules you want to live by, and it's persistent and aggravated imbecility to pretend you can live wit...”