REVIEW: ATTICUS, BY RON HANSEN

Atticus, by Ron Hansen
Harper Perennial, January 1997. 256 pp.
DISCLAIMER: This review contains spoilers. To read my policy on spoilers, please refer to the right side-bar of this page. THE STORY Colorado rancher Atticus Cody receives word that his wayward younger son, Scott, has committed suicide in Resurrection, Mexico. When Atticus travels south to recover Scott's body, he is puzzled by what he finds there and begins to suspect murder. Illuminating those often obscur...