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Archive Home > 2009 > August > 23 > A story of lack of ambition

A story of lack of ambition

Former journalist gives substance to passive protagonist

By Henry C. Jackson / The Bulletin
August 23, 2009

"Exiles in the Garden" by Ward Just (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 288 pgs., $25)

On the surface, Washington, D.C., is a curious setting for a story that goes like this: A protagonist defined by his lack of ambition, forced to go on something like a journey through his regrets.

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