April, 1995. Sitting alone in his study nursing a vodka tonic in the early afternoon light, Joseph Ellenstein has lost his beloved wife; he has lost his words; he has lost his hope. In this same study he has written books that have won the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize. Now Joseph sits, wordless, hopeless, drinking.The dark shadows of the Oklahoma City bombing haunt Ellenstein, and all of America. The hate and prejudice, the racism of...