A northern California family in the early 1970s confronts trauma from a son's Vietnam return, community murders, and the San Andreas Fault's literal and symbolic threat.
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A northern California family in the early 1970s confronts trauma from a son's Vietnam return, community murders, and the San Andreas Fault's literal and symbolic threat.
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The San Andreas Fault is both a real and a metaphorical player in this novel of northern California in the early 70s. Set on a ranch near Monterey Bay, it explores relationships in a family jarred by the return of a son from Vietnam, almost whole but shaken and confused. His return coincides with a series of bizarre killings that panic the community--a reminder that in the legendary land of promise abundant possibilities and agents of destruction live side by side.
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Romance & sex
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Violence & gore
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Serial murders described as brutal; Vietnam War trauma and killings central to community panic
Profanity
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Substance use
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Occult / demonology
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Political content
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Vietnam War return and era social upheaval shape family and community tensions
Self-harm / suicide
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Abuse & suffering
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War trauma, serial killings, and resulting community fear depicted
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