Novel 'Tarnished Eye' Gentler than Subject Matter

By Alan Cheuse
Published August 2, 2004 at 12:00 AM EDT
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Alan Cheuse reviews The Tarnished Eye by Midwestern writer Judith Guest. Cheuse says the book is a sweetheart of a novel, even though the plot is based around the slaying of an entire family.

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