Description
Book SynopsisThe summer season on Cape Cod is overnow it’s time for the real fun to begin.Dominick is always just passing through. He is a professional house guest who follows the sun and the leisure class from resort to resort. But this winter he lingers on a quaint New England island and in spite of his best intentions becomes involved in the travails of his eccentric geriatric hosts. An environmental protest against a proposed liquid natural gas terminal turns ugly, and by accident and happenstance Dominick becomes a mistaken suspect in terrorist bombings.
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New Jerusalem News is really about its charactersthe plot is just to keep them busy as we get to know them. None of them are youngwhite-bearded men and blue-coiffed women busy with aging, dementia, and ungrateful children. But Dominick strives to float above it all in a life of itinerant escape. A New England comedy of sorts, on another level
New Jerusalem News is an extended meditation on history, identity, and what it means to drift.
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Trade ReviewEnright’s style is compassionately sardonic, witty, funny, quirky and delightful. . . . The characters are terrific oddballs, wonderful to spend time with. . . . What a great beginning to a new series. You’ll laugh out loud but also enjoy Dominick’s asides on class warfare, crows, the past and cold, wet provincial New England and New Englanders. The plot leaps and twists and delights. . . . Enright’s off and running with Dominick, and he’s terrific.”
Providence JournalEnright’s style is compassionately sardonic, witty, funny, quirky and delightful. . . . The characters are terrific oddballs, wonderful to spend time with. . . . What a great beginning to a new series. You’ll laugh out loud but also enjoy Dominick’s asides on class warfare, crows, the past and cold, wet provincial New England and New Englanders. The plot leaps and twists and delights. . . . Enright’s off and running with Dominick, and he’s terrific.”
Providence Journal
