C Elizabeth A. (Bettyabrunzo) reviewed on + 7 more book reviews
The novel begins deep in Ok early one morning in 1976, nine men from Ruby, an all black town, assault the nearby Convent and the women in it. Paradise tells the story of the people in relationship to their spectacular history and a void "Out There....where random and organized evil erupted when and where it chose" Richly imagined and eleqantly composed, Paradise weaves a powerful mystery...