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St. Louis Provides Novel’s Setting for Dysfunctional Altruists

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It was practically the Alter family credo, an anti-Hippocratic oath: “First, Do No Good.”

In keeping with that possible credo, Arthur has a girlfriend 30 years his junior whom he was seeing even when Francine was dying. The offspring suspect that Arthur has ulterior motives for inviting them home, but, optimistically, they fly to St. Louis anyway.

You can read my review of Andrew Ridker’s Altruists in March 17, edition of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch by clicking on the image below.

You can buy Andrew Ridker’s first novel, The Alchemists, at Barnes & Noble.

Written by Joe Peschel

March 16th, 2019 at 12:31 pm