David Payne

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Gravesend Light An anthropologist, Joe Madden, returns to his family's summer home to study the quaint village life. He signs on as a fisherman and plays an ambiguous role in local politics and friendships. Joe's love affair with a feminist doctor has unforeseen complications. Lots of issues are undecided when he sails off into a storm that threatens to be his last. Now the book is a real pageturner, although the well-developed characters and powerful evocation of plac...	View these reviews in summary mode David Payne Message Board 10/20/2005 8:16:54 AM Talk about the novels, new and used books that Payne has written!