Henry Adams, Sleuth From: The Washington Post | Date: September 17, 1995| Author: | Copyright 1995 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

PANAMA

By Eric Zencey

Farrar Straus & Giroux. 375 pp. $24

THIS NOVEL by a little-known writer is a genuine rarity in contemporary American fiction: a serious entertainment. It is the story, largely if not entirely believable, of a few weeks in the life of Henry Adams, the historian and memoirist. It is set mostly in Paris and takes place in 1892, a time that was critical both for that city and for Adams himself: for Paris because a scandal over the finances of the Panama Canal venture threatened to bring down the government, for Adams because he was in a long period of emotional and ...

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