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Dans la lignée de "Brooklyn" de Colm Tóibín et de "La Fenêtre panoramique" de Richard Yates, la chronique subtile et nostalgique d'un couple en pleine crise, sur fond de persécution maccarthyste. Rick Gekoski livre un roman d'une maîtrise impressionnante, flirtant avec l'autofiction, une œuvre aussi douce-amère que lumineuse. En cet été caniculaire 1953, les Grossman déménagent, préférant quitter l'agitation politique de Washington pour une tranquille vie de banlieue à Long Island.

It is 1953, a heat wave is sweeping across America and the Grossmans - Ben, Addie and their two children - are moving their lives from the political heart of Washington, DC to suburban Long Island. Benny was a successful lawyer in the Department of Justice, but all that has come tumbling down. With the McCarthy era of paranoia, persecution, and propaganda at its height, his past has come back to haunt him, forcing him to pack up his family and leave the capital behind.