Gone So Long by Andre Dubus III

In Andre Dubus III’s novel, Gone So Long (W.W. Norton, $27.95), a man who spent most of his life in prison after an act of impulsive violence seeks out the daughter he was separated from forty years earlier.  Dubus, who is excellent in exploring the psychological and moral dimensions of his characters, describes the two characters’ paths toward an inevitable and frightening mental/emotional collision.