The Vanishing Point

Brundage’s (All Things Cease To Appear) fifth novel addresses a love triangle through the lens of photography. Rye Adler and Julian Ladd are roommates at the prestigious Brodsky photography workshop; Rye is a natural talent, while Julian’s spare style is off-putting. Rye’s easy success and his background of wealth become an obsession for Julian. Magda Pasternak is one of the only women in the workshop, and she’s not taken seriously. She gives up photography as a career when she gets pregnant and eventually she marries Julian. He’s been waiting for Magda since her brief affair with Rye—just one more thing Rye had that Julian wanted. Twenty years later, Magda reconnects with Rye; then he goes missing, presumed dead. Accident or suicide? The source of the mystery lies in their student days, which reveal the way small choices compound until they are inescapable.