Conversation; or, Pilgrims' Progress

A political revolutionary destroys his friend’s domestic arrangements in this brilliant and provocative novel from a winner of the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize 

A committed anarchist, Jim Connor does more than just preach the redistribution of wealth: He accomplishes it himself by stealing all he can from local merchants and department stores and giving the proceeds to the poor. When the New York City police become tired of his antics, he leaves for Cape Cod, where one of his oldest friends is staying for the summer. The local constabulary does not take kindly to Jim’s cheerful thievery, but that will not slow this modern-day Robin Hood. He plans to turn the town upside down, and he doesn’t care who gets hurt along the way.
 
Jim’s friend Timothy Kane stands to lose the most. An artist who came to the Cape to paint, Timothy will find that being friends with a radical may have devastating consequences—to his family, his work, and his life.