The Pilgrim Hawk

This powerful short novel describes the events of a single afternoon. Alwyn Tower an American expatriate and sometime novelist is staying with a friend outside of Paris when a well-heeled itinerant Irish couple drops in&#151;with Lucy their trained hawk a restless sullen disturbingly totemic presence. Lunch is prepared drink &#64258;ows. A masquerade at once harrowing and farcical begins. <br><br>A work of classical elegance and concision The Pilgrim Hawk stands with Faulkner&#146;s The Bear as one of the &#64257;nest American short novels: a beautifully crafted story that is also a poignant evocation of the implacable power of love.