Descent from the Hill by Jim Picardi Paperback Book 9781450235808

Justin Windsors conventional patrician life drastically changes in September of 1960 when he enrolls at the Hill a liberal arts college steeped in tradition and tucked away in the pastoral environs of Americas northeast Its here that Justin and three college roommates embark on a lifelong journey Th e lives of Justin Nick Gensini Marc Goldstein and Chuck Mitchell become intertwined as they navigate coming of age in a world choked by war civil strife drugs and protest But harrowing choices their parents have made in the name of ideology and selfpreservation are about to complicate the course of their lives DESCENT FROM THE HILL portrays the wistful idealism of 1960s generation youth Conspiracies and secret pacts that span continents and lifetimesfrom Nazi Germany to Fascist Italy Switzerland to South America Vietnam to Berkeley and the Reaganera United Statesultimately lead to revelations of personal betrayals and corruption at the highest levels of leadership Powerful fascinating and scholarlya thoughtprovoking novel The author has expertly weaved together several complex stories of disparate but warm human relationships that develop during the crescendo of an era plagued...