The Reserve - Russell Banks

Written by Russell Banks
Read by Tom Stechschulte
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 32 Kbps

General Information
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Title: The Reserve
Author: Russell Banks
Reader: Tom Stechschulte
Audiobook Copyright: 2008-01-29
Publisher: HarperAudio
Duration: 9 hrs 48 mins
ISBN: 9780061629389
Subjects: Fiction

File Information
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Media Format: AAC
Total Files: 1
Total Size: 138 MB
Bitrate: 32 kbps
Sample Rate: 44.1 kHz
Channels: Stereo

Book Description
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Part love story, part murder mystery, set on the cusp of the Second
World War, Russell Banks’ sharp-witted and deeply engaging new novel
raises dangerous questions about class, politics, art, love, and
madness-and explores what happens when two powerful personalities
begin to break the rules. 29-year-old Vanessa Cole is a wild,
stunningly beautiful heiress, scandalously linked to any number of
rich and famous men. But at her parents’ country home in a remote
Adirondack Mountain enclave known as The Reserve, two events coincide
to permanently alter the course of Vanessa’s callow life: her father
dies suddenly of a heart attack, and a mysteriously seductive local
artist, Jordan Groves, lands his biplane in the forbidden Upper
Lake… Internationally known as much for his exploits and conquests
as for his paintings themselves, Jordan’s leftist loyalties seem
suspiciously undercut by his wealth and upper-crust clientele. But for
all his worldly swagger, Jordon is as staggered by Vanessa’s beauty
and charm as she is by his defiant independence. He falls easy prey to
her electrifying personality, but it is not long before he discovers
that the heiress carries a dark, deeply scarring family secret.
Emotionally unstable from the start, and further unhinged by her
father’s unexpected death, Vanessa begins to spin wildly out of
control, manipulating and destroying the lives of all who cross her
path. The Reserve is a clever, incisive, and passionately romantic
novel of suspense that adds a new dimension to this acclaimed author’s
extraordinary repertoire.