George Rabasa: 3 books

No other obsession strikes as hard as the love that hits a teenaged boy - especially if he’s the sort of kid who is no saner than he wants to be. From the moment Adam Webb sees Francine Haggard-in the van that is supposed to return them to the Institute Loiseaux-the two young mental patients are inextricably...

The Wonder Singer is an operatic literary caper about one young writer's manic ambition. The ghostwriter's best chance at fame almost disappears when his Diva dies suddenly in her bath. His solution is to steal the tapes, liberate the Diva's aging husband, and write the autobiography on the run.

This new twist on the expatriate novel, somewhere between mystery and ethics conundrum, with nods to Graham Greene, Joseph Conrad, and Paul Bowles, is about two very different men and their delayed but fated battle for retribution. Paul is a promising med student from the US wending his way through...