A Review
Dumbarton Drive, Bob Rager’s third novel, is a compelling intriguing and engaging story which begins when the unnamed narrator – homeless, jobless and with no money – wanders by accident into the overgrown garden of a mysterious house in one of the wealthier parts of Washington, DC. He is confronted by an eccentric and irascible old man, accompanied by his diminutive but loyal servant, and is nearly shot for his intrusion into the secretive and intriguing grounds of a mansion which seems stuck in the past. Slowly and with consummate skill, Rager reveals more and more about the old man and his ...
