<DIV><B>The extraordinary new novel from the winner of the: 2004 Lannan Literary Fellowship 2005 PEN USA Literary Award for Fiction 2006 Whiting Writers? Award</B><BR><BR><B> ?A new work of obsession, tragedy, and the unpredictable trajectories of the heart.?(Cristina Garcia, author of <I>Dreaming in Cuban</I>)</B><BR><BR> A powerful testament about the far-reaching effects of political brutality and lost love, <I>Draining the Sea</I> sifts through the incongruities of history and memory, unfurling inside the mind of a man who spends his days driving the streets of Los Angeles, racked by visions of the Guatemalan Civil War and, in particular, of Marta, a beautiful young prostitute who died violently in it?a tragedy in which he himself may have played a role.<BR><BR></DIV>