PEN/Faulkner Award-winner and veteran novelist James Salter's latest novel is set in a time after World War II when book publishing was still a thriving endeavor. Follow Philip Bowman as he returns to America from the war in Europe. Bowman gets a job as a book editor and enjoys a comfortable professional life, but still cannot find love. Eventually he finds the woman who may be his female counterpart. His life is definitely changing, but is it for better or for worse? You can read the Monitor's full review of his novel here.
