With modern Paris as the backdrop, and Harry Ricks, a would-be writer, as the protagonist, The Woman in the Fifth, tells the story of a college professor, who flees to the magical city in the hope of avoiding the fallout from a foolish indiscretion.
Stripped of everything he valued; his marriage, his job, and his relationship with his only daughter, Ricks quickly runs out of cash and is forced to take a nightwatchman’s job to pay the rent for a room in the seedy-side of town.
Kennedy takes the reader on a journey to life’s dark side. Through Ricks, he explores the struggle, the mystery and serendipity that individuals often encounter when they plummet from respectable society.
The author writes eloquently about hope. When Ricks hits rock bottom, and despairs of ever clawing his way out, he meets an elegant, cultivated Hungarian immigrant, who is also alone and in need of human companionship.
Kennedy's fast paced work, is compelling as he explores the complexity of human need, morality and desire. In a recent interview, the author said, “I write about potential nightmares lurking behind everyday life.” The Woman in the Fifth is Kennedy’s eighth novel in a genre he describes as “the maddening mess called life.” He has also written three non-fictional works.
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