SNOW MAN

After assassinating a senator, a wounded militia extremist finds refuge with the wife and daughter of another senator. While hiding him at peril to themselves, the women learn something about the militia movement and their privileged lives. This novel reminds one of Barry Goldwater's quote, "Extremism in the cause of liberty is no vice." Chute, whose passionate disenchantment with "The System" cries shrilly from these pages, benefits from Julia Delfino's detached reading, a workmanlike job, though not always accurately interpreting individual passages. Y.R. © AudioFile 2000, Portland, Maine [Published: APR/MAY 00]