Continental Drift: Russell Banks’s Powerful Novel of the Florida Dream

Russell Banks’s acclaimed novel “Continental Drift” is a sweeping story of people drawn toward Florida in search of a better life, and one of the most respected works of modern American fiction.

It follows a New England repairman who moves his family to Florida hoping for reinvention, his story woven together with that of a young Haitian woman making her own journey toward the same shores.

Banks writes the Florida of the early 1980s with honesty and deep compassion, capturing both its promise and its hard realities.

A finalist for major literary honors, “Continental Drift” is essential reading for anyone interested in the dreams that draw people to Florida.