John Fink, Author St. Martin's Press $17.95 (213p) ISBN 978-0-312-04977-5
This splendid first novel by the editor of Ford Times portrays with deep sensitivity a family seemingly doomed by repeated tragedies. At its heart is ``Dutch'' Gillespie, 79, a retired Chicago banker who sired four children by his first wife and...
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John Fink, Author St. Martin's Press $0 (247p) ISBN 978-0-312-07617-7
The author of The Leaf Boats and former editor of Chicago magazine wisely pens what he knows in this finely tuned, expertly plotted mystery centering around a threatened libel suit. Narrator Mike Lindenthal, executive editor of Beyond , a lifestyle...
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John Fink, Author St. Martin's Press $22.95 (266p) ISBN 978-0-312-13137-1
Fink's first book, The Leaf Boats, was a multigenerational tale about Chicago's Gillespie family, centering around a triple murder. It was a riveting piece of fiction, if only a so-so mystery. The same judgment applies here, in Fink's third book,...
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