Psalm at Journey's End
Erik Fosnes Hansen, Eric Fosnes Hansen. Mariner Books, $13 (384pp) ISBN 978-0-15-600527-2
Musicians on the Titanic meditate on their failed lives. (Sept.)
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Reviewed on: 09/29/1997
Genre: Fiction
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