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The City of Your Final Destination Book

Peter Cameron's sublime, beautiful novel City of Your Final Destination concerns true love and a young academic's struggle to break free from a life he's molded but doesn't want to live. Omar Razaghi, who's pursuing a Ph.D. at a Midwestern university, fudges his application for grant money, stating he has already obtained authorization from the family of the deceased minor novelist Jules Gund. When he belatedly seeks permission to proceed, the three executors--Gund's brother, Adam; former wife Caroline; and Arden, Gund's mistress and mother of Gund's daughter, Portia--decline. Prompted by his girlfriend, Deirdre, Omar shows up unexpectedly in Uruguay, seeking to convince the family of his--and their--need for a biography of Jules Gund to exist. Cameron is an able storyteller, and his command allows the prose to flow simply and beautifully; here, most every word counts. Adam's often hilarious wit and Caroline's recalcitrance are sharply drawn, descriptions are in crisp relief, and Cameron gives us many reasons to smile: "Pete stood there for a moment, as if he were deciding, trying to think of a reason why he must stay with them, but he was not clever enough, and so of course he had to leave." The City of Your Final Destination is a refreshing look at the impact of desire and love on quirky, elegantly drawn characters. --Michael Ferch Read More

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  • Product Description

    F.S.&G. Hardcover with 312 pages & approx. size: 5 3/4 x 8 1/4". "An exquisite novel about love, loyalty, discovering a life's work, and what we owe the living and the dead. The great pleasures of the book-subtle characterization, wry humor, the energy of thwarted love-come together in an ending that took my breath away." Elizabeth Benedict

  • 0374281971
  • 9780374281977
  • Peter Cameron
  • 1 May 2002
  • Farrar Straus Giroux
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 320
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