Living in Western diplomatic privilege with cooks and maids and drivers, the women in the new novel “Absolution” spend their days attending luncheons, lectures and cocktail parties as the Vietnam War ...

Alice McDermott is talking about wigs. The National Book Award-winning novelist has never worn one over her short gray hair, but according to one early reader of her new book, “Absolution,” many of ...

Humility is the one virtue you wouldn't expect Alice McDermott's characters would need to learn. Her characters are almost always Irish American, Catholic, working-class; they are often dependably ...

What happens when two American women attempt to help the people of Saigon? In Alice McDermott’s new novel, the answer is complicated. Credit...Ciara Quilty-Harper Supported by By Jennifer Egan When ...

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It feels easier to look away when life presents us with the uncomfortable. But National Book Award-winner Alice McDermott’s latest novel, “Absolution,” is a tale of murky motives and hidden ...

In 1963, Alice McDermott reminds us in her novel “Absolution,” both the president of the United States, John F. Kennedy, and the president of Vietnam, Ngo Dinh Diem, were Catholics. This fact holds a ...

Alice McDermott will discuss her newest novel “Absolution” during an April 11 presentation through the New York State Writers Institute. Alice McDermott was a 19-year-old sophomore majoring in English ...

Living in Western diplomatic privilege with cooks and maids and drivers, the women in the new novel “Absolution” spend their days attending luncheons, lectures and cocktail parties as the Vietnam War ...