Rochester Knockings. Hubert Haddad

Strong national historical interest, as well as regional interest, since the novel is set in Rochester, NY, and surrounding areas, and the publisher and translator are both based there. Interesting both as a historical work illuminating some of the workings of the nineteenth-century spiritualist movement, and as an entertaining fiction about human gullibility. Haddad is a perennial best-seller in France, yet only have one other book available in English, Palestine. Perfect for fans (and critics) of Long Island Medium.