Parini's previous novel, The Last Station, was described by Gore Vidal as easily one of the best historical novels written in the past twenty years. Now, in Bay of Arrow, Parini redefines the genre of historical fiction itself. A professor obsessed with Columbus is on the brink of disaster until he is bestowed a half-million dollar grant and moves his family from Vermont to the Dominican Republic.
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