The Wooden Shepherdess

by Richard Hughes

Book Overview

The Wooden Shepherdess is the sequel to The Fox in the Attic , and the second volume of Richard Hughes's monumental historical fiction, "The Human Predicament." It opens with Hughes's hero Augustine in prohibition era America, where he is a bemused onlooker and an increasingly fascinated participant in a country intoxicated with sex, violence, and booze. In brilliant cinematic style, the book then moves to Germany, where the Nazi Party is gradually...