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The Names of the Dead by Stewart O'Nan
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After his wife leaves him, Larry Markham tries to win her back while confronting several other difficult personal problems, a situation that becomes complicated when he is stalked by an assassin. 25,000 first printing. $25,000 ad/promo. Tour.
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About Stewart O'Nan

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Stewart O?Nan's novels include Snow Angels, The Speed Queen, A Prayer for the Dying and The Night Country. Granta has named him one of the Twenty Best Young American Novelists. He lives in Connecticut.
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Published February 1, 1996 by Doubleday. 399 pages
Genres: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, Literature & Fiction. Fiction
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But before any resolution to his domestic turmoil appears, Markham finds himself threatened on another side--by a patient who becomes convinced that Markham's father was responsible for his mother's death and sets out to kill him and Markham both.

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searing"" wrote PW of O'Nan's second novel, in which a Vietnam vet's struggle to reclaim his family is complicated by a shell-shocked stalker.

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Unusually powerful, however, are the extensive renderings of Larry's Vietnam memories, which come alive with gruesome violence, complex camaraderie, tension, humor, hope, superstition and terror.

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