The American Ambassador - Hardcover

Just, Ward S.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0395426944 ISBN 13: 9780395426944

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1987

Synopsis

William North, a foreign service officer, is determined to find his son, Bill Jr., who has joined a West German terrorist organization

About this title

About the Author:

Ward Just is the author of fourteen previous novels, including the National book Award finalist Echo House and An Unfinished Season, winner of the Chicago Tribune’s Heartland Award. In a career that began as a war correspondent for Newsweek and the Washington Post, Just has lived and written in half a dozen countries, including Britain, France, and Vietnam. His characters often lead public lives as politicians, civil servants, soldiers, artists, and writers. It is the tension between public duty and private conscience that animates much of his fiction, including Forgetfulness. Just and his wife, Sarah Catchpole, divide their time between Martha’s Vineyard and Paris.

From Library Journal:

In a hospital because of the lingering effects of an old wound, William North reflects on his 20-odd years as a successful Foreign Service officer. Now his career and all that he values are threatened by his own son. As a member of a West German terrorist gang, Bill, Jr., has become the ultimate expatriateintent on destroying both his father and his fatherland. In dramatic episodes of political conflict (ranging from Africa to Georgetown to West Berlin) and in scenes of quiet domestic tragedy, Just's narrative is eloquent and convincing. He combines a suspenseful plot with a sensitive examination of characters and their divergent values, shifting point of view so that the reader can feel both the pain of the father and the nihilistic anger of his son. Albert E. Wilhelm, English Dept., Tennessee Technological Univ., Cookeville
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About this edition

• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Publication date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0395426944
• ISBN 13: 9780395426944
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 326