Vladimir Roger Clarke Roark fights against the fanaticism

Roark fights against the fanaticism that seeks to destroy originality

on the road with an experimental theater company

builds to a howling crescendo of social despair

ill-health and business interests that have gone badly awry

Vladimir Roger Clarke Roark fights against the fanaticismA bold, razor sharp debut novel that explores power, desire, and the shifting moral ground of modern relationships. At its center is a charismatic English professor whose husbandalso a professor at their small liberal arts collegeis under investigation for alleged affairs with former students. The couple has long maintained an open, if uneasy, understanding about their private livesbut the public scrutiny begins to unravel their carefully constructed