![]() The next scene takes us to Behrani’s home where he kills his wife by poisoning her tea. In this riveting novel of almost unbearable suspense, three fragile yet determined people become dangerously entangled in a relentlessly escalating crisis. ![]() Esmail dies in the hospital an incident which takes away from Behrani every single reason to live. When Californian Kathy Nicolos house is seized for non-payment of taxes, Iranian immigrant Massoud Behrani buys it at auction. Since, in less than two hours, their daughter will return from her honeymoon, Behrani and Nadi stop at a florists. The House of Sand and Fog is one of the most intense and unbelievable endings we have ever seen. House of Sand and Fog Andre Dubus III, 1999 Knopf Doubleday 365 pp. Plot More Kate (Connelly) is a grieving divorcee whose house is put up for auction due to overdue business taxes. Despite a pretense of continued affluence, he is barely making ends meet until he sees his opportunity in the auction of a house being sold for back taxes. Once a member of the Shah of Irans elite inner circle, he has brought his family to America to build a new life. Upon his wife's return, he thinks her beautiful but too thin. Massoud Amir Behrani is living a lie to fulfill a dream. He had noticed the difference within a week of arriving: perhaps it was the continual TV watching that gave Americans the scurrying eyes of small children looking for their next amusement (it is obvious, he thinks, why American success stories are immigrant stories). House of Sand and Fog is not a novel of initiation. Because of his appearance, he waits outside and observes the passersby, thinking Americans don't deserve what they have-how, additionally, before coming here, he'd expected to see the same "caliber" of people he dealt with in Tehran, disciplined ladies and gentlemen. ![]() Saturday, after dressing in his old work clothes and trimming the hedges, Behrani drives Nadi to San Francisco to get her hair done. ![]()
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