About the book
In another life, he would have made fun of these people, but now he was almost bragging about his access. When she was eight, she was assaulted in the stairwell of the apartment building where her family lived. He once knew a family in the village, he claims, but hasn’t been able to find them. Finally, the count joined his wife and child, kneeling to tearfully embrace them, reestablishing the hegemony of marital unity, of hearth and home.