Five Smooth Stones

853 pp. The story of one man's search for dignity and love. It moves swiftly from a New Orleans ghetto, where a black child reaches out for a better life, to the scenes of intense beauty and bitterness that mark his journey to manhood. Story of one man's initiation into love, passionate love-rare and tender, consuming and tragic-a forbidden love...one man who gives up everything-hard-won personal victories, a lofty diplomatic position, comfort, security and respectability-to battle against an overwhelming enemy. Unforgettable story of David Champlin. It is as contemporary as today's news flashes, yet as timeless as the biblical account of David from which the title is derived. It is a story which will remain alive long after its final page is read.