Kluge, P.F.: The Master Blaster.(Brief article)(Book review)

Kluge, P.F. The Master Blaster. Overlook, dist. by Penguin. Apr. 2012. c.304p. ISBN 9781590203224. $25.95. F

Set on the island of Saipan, this novel by the author of Gone Tomorrow focuses on a group of characters who have descended upon this newest American commonwealth in search of a fresh start. Among them are George Griffin, an end-of-his-rope travel writer; Stephanie Warner, an ambitious college professor escaping a failed marriage; Mel Brodie, an aging salesman with a shady reputation who's employed by a powerful Washington lobbyist; and Kahn, a Bangladeshi laborer looking for a better life. Whether striving or hustling, they …