August 06, 1999 • Page Image 97
…ANS,:r..7soN Z, V,WWN THE RIGHT THING from page 95 • know what I mean, not down deep, not grasped that they got grease spots on their lapels, and had eye infections, and ate fish for lunch. I found myself watching his mouth as he spoke, the way I'd watch a talking snake, fasci- nated and repelled at the same rime." The novel begins in the spring of 1945 as the German army, reeling and near defeat, works ro hide a vast store of plundered art...…

















































