Compass Rose Part 34

My wife, Rosamond Casey; my daughters Maud Casey, Nell Casey, Clare Casey, and Julia Casey-the basis of my life.

A NOTE ABOUT THE AUTHOR.

John Casey was born in 1939 in Worcester, Ma.s.sachusetts, and educated at Harvard College, Harvard Law School, and the University of Iowa. His novel Spartina won the National Book Award in 1989. He lives with his wife in Charlottesville, Virginia, where he is a professor of English literature at the University of Virginia.

ALSO BY JOHN CASEY.

The Half-life of Happiness.

Supper at the Black Pearl.

Spartina.

Testimony and Demeanor.

An American Romance.

This Is a Borzoi Book.