A sweeping, propulsive, darkly humorous new novel by the best-selling author of Snow Falling on Cedars: a story of destiny, desire, and destruction that reimagines Sophoclesโs Oedipus Rex for our own era.
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In Seattle in 1962, Walter Cousins, a mild-mannered actuaryโโa guy who weighs risk for a livingโโtakes a risk of his own, and makes the biggest error of his life. He sleeps with Diane Burroughs, the sexy, not-quite-legal British au pair whoโs taking care of his children for the summer. Diane gets pregnant and leaves their baby on a doorstep, but not before turning the tables on Walter and setting in motion a tragedy of epic proportions. Their orphaned child, adopted by an adoring family and named Edward Aaron King, grows up to become a billionaire Internet tycoon and an international celebrityโthe โKing of Searchโโwho unknowingly, but inexorably, hurtles through life toward a fate he may have no power to shape.
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An instant classicโDavid Gutersonโs most daring and dazzling novel yetโthat brings a contemporary urgency to one of the greatest stories of all time.
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Alfred Music Publishing Co. Inc.:ย Excerpt from โDo You Remember Walter?โ words and music by Raymond Douglas Davies, copyright ยฉ 1969, copyright renewed by Davray Music Ltd. and ABKCO Music Inc., 85 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10003.ย All rights on behalf of Davray Music Ltd. administered by Unichappell Music Inc.ย All rights reserved.ย Reprinted by permission of Alfred Music Publishing Co. Inc.
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Killer Queen
Words and Music by Freddie Mercury
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