From Publishers Weekly
Starred Review. In this short, intense roman dur (or serious
novel), Mosley probes the human condition through Ben Dibbuk, a black
man whose name evokes the dybbuk of Jewish folklore. A 47-year-old
computer programmer for a New York City bank, Dibbuk is married to Mona,
the editor of a new cutting-edge magazine, Diablerie, which can
mean either mischievous or evil. He has a daughter at NYU and a
21-year-old Russian mistress whose apartment and graduate school tuition
he pays for. Then a woman he doesn't remember threatens to shatter the
shell Dibbuk has built to protect himself from his troubled, alcoholic
past. When Dibbuk discovers Mona is having him investigated, he realizes
he risks being charged for a murder he can't remember but may have
committed. As Dibbuk struggles to escape the emotional vacuum of his
life, he may not be free to enjoy his reawakening. This is Mosley at his
deepest and best, scratching away the faces we wear to reveal the person
behind the masks. (Jan.)
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