"Before the Fall" by Noah Hawley. Grand Central Publishing, New York, 2016. 391 pages. $26.In late August, a nine-seat private jet with eight passengers and three crew members takes off from Martha's Vineyard. It's a foggy, balmy night. The jet ascends to 12,000 feet, stays aloft for 18 minutes, then plummets, nose first, into dark, deep seas. The passengers are wealthy, powerful people. Only two people survive the crash, and their survival is deemed close to miraculous. There are as many [...]
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