From the award-winning, bestselling author of Snow Falling on Cedars comes a modern re-imagining of one of the worldâs greatest tragedies, Sophoclesâ Oedipus Rexâa story of destiny, desire, and destruction. âĒ âBrilliant.... Transcendently dark and dazzling.â âThe Seattle Times
In Seattle of 1962, Walter Cousins, a mild-mannered actuary takes a risk of his own and makes the biggest error of his life: He sleeps with Diane Burroughs, the sexy, not-quite-legal British au pair whoâs taking care of his children for the summer. When Diane becomes pregnant and leaves their baby on a doorstep, it sets in motion a tragedy of epic proportions. The orphaned child, adopted by an adoring family and named Edward Aaron King, grows up to become a billionaire Internet tycoon and an international celebrityâthe âKing of Searchââwho unknowingly, but inexorably, hurtles through life toward a fate he may have no way of reversing.
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