# The Laments

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- Book: [The Laments](https://www.bookquiver.com/george-hagen/the-laments) ([The Laments.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/george-hagen/the-laments.md))
- Authors: [George Hagen](https://www.bookquiver.com/george-hagen)
- Publisher: Random House
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-15-8836-376-3
- Published: 2004-06-15
- Language: en_US
- Binding: E-book

## Description

Meet the Laments—the affably dysfunctional globetrotting family at the center of George Hagen’s exuberant debut novel. Howard is an engineer who dreams of irrigating the Sahara and lives by...