It is 1998, the year in which America is whipped into a frenzy of prurience by the impeachment of a president, and in a small New England town, an aging classics professor, Coleman Silk, is forced to retire when his colleagues decree that he is a racist. The charge is a lie, but the real truth about Silk would have astonished even his most virulent accuser."美国三部曲"的登峰之作 与前两部相比 小说中各元素之间更加制衡 更具整体性 对人性的探讨更加彻底 小说重磅炸弹似的主题 注定其成为各方评论的主题