go to the widowmaker Author:james jones James Jones. One of the great writers of our time has written his first novel in five years. It sets a new standard in overwhelming storytelling power, unafraid frankness and emotional intensity. GO TO THE WIDOW-MAKER is the story of a man--a man of courage and fear, genius and passion. It follows him from the American Midwest to New York to ... more »the Caribbean. It is about mistresses and wives, danger and friendship, love and sex. It is the raw and shocking stuff of human life transformed by the art of a master novelist.« less