In his twenties and thirties, Ben never thought about money--more or less what you d expect from a scholar whose specialty was the transcendentalists. But now, in his forties, trying to raise two children on a thirty-thousand-dollar-a-year salary, it s all he thinks about. Money is a problem for Ben Lindberg. As a college professor, he s fought long and hard to keep his intellectual life--and his family life--safe and secure. But he can t afford to replace his broken-down car, can t even afford to fix it, can t even afford to move his family into a better part of Austin.Then, one night, things change. Searching for the stray family cat, Ben finds in the basement of an abandoned feed store eight coolers filled with fifty-dollar bills. A windfall.He knew he should leave, but he couldn t. It was the most extraordinary moment of his life and he wanted to savor it.Ben takes the money, hides it and doesn t tell his wife. For a time, their lives improve. They move into a wonderful new house and buy a second car. Ben becomes a hero to his family. But when someone comes looking for the coolers, Ben discovers that everything comes at a cost--in this case, a cost beyond anything he could have imagined.Windfall is the story of an ordinary man in extraordinary circumstances. Tautly plotted, intelligently written, and shot through with searing psychological insight, it is a novel of paranoia and betrayal, secrets and shattered ideals--a relentlessly suspenseful thriller.
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