Frank G. Slaughter Knihy

"...Bearelaw Point supported the towered mass of Rynhook, the fortress-home that had been a Van Ryn command post for almost two centuries. ". . . the tall, wrought-iron portals were freshly-painted and free of rust; the lawns had been mowed, and the once-famous Van Ryn boxwoods were neatly trimmed, though they had lost their resemblance to dragons and pagodas and jousting knights. Behind their screen, the turreted mansion rose against the sunset on the river. In that light, there was something primeval about its stony bulk: the square granite Gate House—where the Van Ryn factors had once dwelt—was part of that bleak image, an outpost of a special universe that obeyed no laws but its own."

Centrada en uno de los temas de mayor resonancia polémica de nuestro tiempo, el transplante de corazón, Slaughter construye una novela de asombrosa densidad humana con una trama narrativa de habilísima fluidez, cualidad ésta habitual del gran escritor americano pero que en ninguna otra novela se manifiesta de manera tan evidente. En el marco de una clínica de Baltimore, un mundo variado y denso, lleno de tensiones y poblado de personajes de asombrosa diversidad, Slaughter entreteje un pequeño cosmos de vidas y de seres vinculados por el odio o el sacrificio que viven el dramatismo de una situación límite que ejemplariza uno de los rasgos de nuestra época.