Bruce Ducker, Author Permanent Press (NY) $28 (252p) ISBN 978-1-877946-26-4
Ducker ( Bankroll ) surveys the subtle, treacherous landscape of love and betrayal in this poignant story of four middle-aged, well-to-do friends. Journal entries by 61-year-old New York City lawyer Charles Meredith tell of events that began 15...
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Bruce Ducker, Author Permanent Press (NY) $24 (224p) ISBN 978-1-877946-36-3
Exploring the interplay between fathers and sons and the gradual demythologization of adulthood, this evocative bildungsroman chronicles the summer adventures of three teenagers on the cusp of manhood in 1950s Brooklyn. At the center of the tale is...
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Bruce Ducker, Author Permanent Press (NY) $25 (264p) ISBN 978-1-57962-060-8
In his timely, suspenseful and historically detailed novel, Ducker (Lead Us Not into Penn Station) brings together the worlds of contemporary Swiss banking and wartime Europe. In 1943, Hermann Steinmuller, a Swiss Jew, bankrolls an unseaworthy boat...
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Bruce Ducker, Author Dutton Books $16.95 (202p) ISBN 978-0-525-24789-0
In this tale of bank fraud and deception, bored Wall Street hotshot Spector gives up a brilliant career, turns over most of his money to the wife he's divorcing and looks around for something more exciting to do with his life. An ad for a house...
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Bruce Ducker, Author Freundlich Books $0 (275p) ISBN 978-0-88191-046-9
The hero of this likable second novel by the author of Rule by Proxy is Howard Adler, a 38-year-old bank loan officer in a Midwestern town, whose main goal in life is not to upset the status quo. His superiors at the Mission Trust order him to...
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