Ford's first book since his bestselling and award-winning ... 16-year-old Joe confronts his parents' frailties when his father... Richard Ford, Author, Joe Barrett, Read by, read by Joe Barrett.

Last year, Ford's The Physiognomy won the World Fantasy Award for best novel. Here's a worthy sequel. In the first book, Physiognomist ... "crackpot palace" of the author's macabre imagination.