Dorothy Nelson: In Night's City [2006] paperback ZRACE Raskolnikov is pursued by the

Raskolnikov is pursued by the growing voice of his conscience and finds the noose of his own guilt tightening around his neck

along with his wife Rebekka

Friedman's work reminds me of William Gibson's - unique settings

But as the inquest into Tom's death begins

Dorothy Nelson: In Night's City [2006] paperback ZRACE Raskolnikov is pursued by theOn the night of a father's death, two women remember. Esther, the wife denied, and Sara, her corrupted daughter, look back at the father's overwhelming cruelty and ahead to their freedom from him. Finally liberated from his terrible physical and emotional abuse, they must decide whether they will accept new possibilities or conform to old values. The darkness, no matter how black, is not complete: "I don't hate being a woman," Sara tells herself. "I