- The
- Vandal
- is
- a
- short,
- hard
- diamond
- of
- a
- novel
- which
- traces
- through
- one
- man’s
- enigmatic
- passage
- through
- modern
- America.
- From
- the
- orchestrated
- killings
- at
- the
- edge
- of
- the
- nation’s
- foreign
- policy
- to
- the
- first
- love
- of
- a
- young
- girl,
- it
- is
- a
- penetrating
- account
- of
- one
- American
- who
- still
- believes,
- who
- still
- cares.The
- Vandal
- wanders
- the
- city
- to
- observe,
- to
- warn,
- to
- record
- the
- troubling
- enigma
- which
- the
- country
- he
- fought
- for
- has
- become.
- He
- is
- the
- ultimate
- modern
- historian.He
- leaves
- a
- loving
- wife
- and
- child
- to
- plunge
- into
- urban
- America
- with
- its
- madmen
- and
- dreamers,
- its
- lovers
- and
- scoundrels.
- This
- is
- a
- story
- encompassing
- sudden
- death
- in
- the
- Korean
- DMZ,
- high
- rolling
- cocaine
- freaks,
- lesbian
- lovers,
- mad
- school
- principals,
- and
- one
- woman’s
- life-long
- wait
- for
- a
- man
- to
- love.Tom
- Molloy
- challenges
- and
- involves
- the
- reader
- in
- a
- way
- that
- is
- very
- rare
- in
- modern
- writing.
- In
- an
- age
- when
- so
- many
- books
- claim
- to
- have
- all
- the
- answers,
- here
- is
- a
- work
- of
- literature
- which
- asks
- the
- reader
- to
- think
- and
- to
- question.The
- Vandal
- wanders
- parts
- of
- America
- most
- of
- us
- would
- rather
- not
- think
- about.
- But
- it
- is
- a
- journey
- of
- truth,
- and
- ultimately
- a
- journey
- of
- beauty.
- You
- won’t
- know
- his
- name,
- but
- you
- will
- never
- forget
- The Vandal.
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