An astonishing achievement that’s sure to ignite dialogue-and as the best works of art do, push us to see the world differently.” - Caroline Leavitt, New York Times bestselling author of Is This Tomorrow and Pictures of You Nothing is as it seems in this divided American world: the political becomes personal, religious faith overrides family, and fear can shatter the possibility of love. Blisteringly smart, provocative and passionate, Papernick’s astounding novel layers a complex father and son story onto the Jewish/Arab conflict, where fierce loyalties and stunning betrayals are about to detonate. “ The Book of Stone is going to have everyone on the planet talking.
You will close it changed.”- Dara Horn, award-winning author of The World to Come and A Guide for the Perplexed What will haunt you forever is how Papernick brings you right up to the border of justice and terror, and then makes that border disappear. The Book of Stone is about fathers and sons, how the past haunts the present, how trauma transcends generations and how wrong we can be about those who made us who we are. Lyrical and incendiary, The Book of Stone is a masterfully crafted novel that reveals the ambiguities of “good” and “evil”. Caught between these powerful forces, haunted by losses past and present, and desperate for redemption, Matthew charts a course of increasing peril-for himself and for everyone around him. As Matthew immerses himself in this unfamiliar world, the FBI seeks his assistance to foil the group’s violent plot. He turns to his father’s beloved books for comfort, perceiving within them guidance that leads him to connect with a group of religious extremists. After his father’s death, Matthew is a young man alone. Matthew Stone has inherited a troubling legacy: a gangster grandfather and a distant father-who is also a disgraced judge. The Book of Stone examines the evolution of the terrorist mentality and the complexities of religious extremism, as well as how easily a vulnerable mind can be exploited for dark purposes.
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