Michael Kahn

The Sirena Quest Michael Kahn

Publisher Marketing: The New York Times Sunday Magazine piece famously opened: She has pouting lips and high round breasts. Thousands of men have dreamt of her. Hundreds have chased after her. Two have died in pursuit. Her name is Sirena, she weighs 193 pounds, and she vanished in 1959. Without a trace. Barrett College s legendary Greco-Roman sculpture s fate was still a hot topic in 1970 when four roommates began their freshman year at the New England school. They ve gone their separate ways for years. But as the 1994 commencement approaches, they are about to reunite to meet a challenge thrown down by a Class of 59 hedge-fund billionaire. He has pledged a $25 million endowment plus a $3 million purse to her finder(s) if Sirena is restored to Barrett by June 17th, the date of his 35th reunion, the college s sesquicentennial celebration and our foursome s 20th class reunion. Although they are not alone in their pursuit groups of alumni, including a pair of aggressive and highly-financed classmates, are running down leads across the world St. Louis lawyer Lou Solomon and his crew come upon an obscure but intriguing clue. It leads them to Chicago where a young lawyer called Rachel Gold may hold key information. As the men race to crack the Sirena puzzle, their quest will transform their lives in unexpected ways." Review Citations: Booklist 12/15/2014 pg. 31 (EAN 9781464203534, Other) Publishers Weekly 11/10/2014 (EAN 9781464203527, Paperback) Booklist 12/15/2014 pg. 31 (EAN 9781464203527, Paperback) Publishers Weekly 11/10/2014 pg. 42 (EAN 9781464203503, Hardcover) Booklist 12/15/2014 pg. 31 (EAN 9781464203503, Hardcover) Contributor Bio:  Kahn, Michael Michael A. Kahn is the award-winning author of several novels, praised by Publishers Weekly for their intelligent, breezy dialogue and clever plotting. A graduate of Amherst College and Harvard Law School, Mr. Kahn began his literary career writing free-lance feature articles for Chicago Magazine while teaching fifth grade in the Chicago public schools. Now a trial attorney in St. Louis, he wrote his first novel on a dare from his wife, who got sick of hearing him announce, each time he finished a paperback thriller that he d purchased at an airport newsstand, I could write a better book than this. Then write one, she finally said, or please shut up.