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By C.A. Dano Hudson House, Poughkeepsie, NY Softcover, 207 pp., $18.99 By Barbara Clark bclark@barnstablepatriot.com S everal diverting characters competeforattention in C.A. Dano's latest novel, Triton's Zodiac. But they are outgunned in this story by an even more formidable force:the hurricane of 1938, a very real storm of legend- ary proportions that blasted the Eastern seaboard in September of that year. The approaching storm sounds an ominous background note throughout the book, hun- kering down just on the horizon, waiting to unleash its fury. In 1938 the science of meteorology was in its infancy and radar was non-existent, leaving the Atlantic coast unprepared for the disaster and destruction to come. Author Dano, who lives part- time on Cape Cod, has created a solid cast of characters set be- lievably in their time, so readers have several inviting story hooks to latch onto. Central are a troika of friends who grew up together on the Cape: Catherine McFarley is married to William, now a minister, and they're raising two children.Jonah, their 16-year-old son, was fathered by the third friend, Jack Wakefield, who left the Cape -and Catherine -and headed off to distant seas before the baby arrived. All three know this story by heart. ..but how each has marked the drama and tended it through- out the years forms the heart of the tale. Now, however, their inte- rior stories are about to explode, as a letter from Jack announces he's returning after 16 years and wants to meet his son, who doesn't yet know about his birth father. The projected arrival of the infamous Jack becomes a focus of the story and, like the coming storm, is a lodestone for the building suspense. Several characters take turns narrating, adding their distinctive interior takes. For her part, Cath- erine, though satisfyingly married to theserious,thoughtful William, has spent a lot of time fantasizing about theflamboyant Jack overthe years. He occupies a well-visited corner of her mind, though wesee that,likemanyof our owndreams, her imaginingsareunsulliedby the pesky details,quarrels and fallings- out that intrude on real life. Jonah'sentriesgivean intriguing pictureof aboy nearingmanhood, nowfacedwithnew, dauntingfacts about his parentage. This is all spiced with the angst of adolescent romance andthebackground rum- blings of a coming world war sure to interrupt the course of his life. A third narrator, Catherine's close friend Frances, emerges as a fascinating dark horse with a story of her own as she wrestles with her own personal demons, and against whose life the coming storm flashes dark and dangerous. The descriptions in Triton 's Zodiac often illustrate how the over-use of adjectives can obscure rather than enlighten a narrative, and at times the tone seems more eighteenth-thantwentieth-century. But the author narrates with care, and we keep reading expectantly, waiting for storms of one kind or another to rage in, scour the landscape and finallyblow them- selves out, making way for -who knows-maybe a clear day ahead. BOOK REVIEW :Triton'szodiac CONTINUED FROM PAGEA8>E:12 Next up in the series: Moonlighters; July 24: Sharp Nines; July 31: Silver Foxes; Aug. 7: Daddy 0's. Concerts are at 6 p.m. ¦ Musical treasures at Rock Harbor July 25 8t 26: The Gloriae Dei Cantores choir performs a concert of musical treasures,including Russian sacred choral music by Sviridov and pieces by Bach and Howells, 7:30 p.m. at Church of the Transfiguration, Rock Harbor, Orleans. Pre-concert lecture 6:45 p.m. Aug.1,2 & 3:A summer concert of brass ensemble and the E.M. Skinner organ of music by Handel, Gabriel! and Buxtehude. (Aug 1 and 2, 7:30 p.m.; Aug. 3 at 3:30 p.m.). Tickets and information at 508- 240-2400 or www.gdcchoir.org ? Summer Sounds in downtown Hyannis • Enjoyfree Barnstable TownBand concerts every Wednesday night through Aug. 27, 7 to 9 p.m. on the bandstand at Hyannis village green. Announcers at upcoming concerts: • July 23: Jessica Rapp-Grassetti, Precinct 7 and Council president; July 30: Town Manager Tom Lynch; I Aug. 6: Ray Lang, Sousa fan and j retired VP of Houghton Mifflin. • Cool Jazz Nights , Thursday : evenings through August from 7 : p.m. on Main Street, Hyannis. Free. •"HyArts"free concerts Tuesdays ': and Fridays at Aselton Park, 6 to : 7:30 p.m. through July and August. •Atthe Artist Shanties: Jazz stan- : dards by MJ and the IN Crowd, 6 to : 8 p.m. Aug. 7,14,21; Cape Harmony : female a cappella, 6:30 to 7:30 July • 18, 25; Aug. 1, 8. Free. % 35th Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival This year's festival runs from ; July 27 to Aug. 22 at several : Cape venues. Performances are : 7:30p.m. (except openingFestival j Gala, 6 p.m. July 27). $35, $15 ¦ college students with ID, free : to age 18 and under. (Emerson ¦String Quartet $50.) Tickets: j 508-247-9400; www.capecod- I chambermusic.org July 27: Chamber Music Fes- j tival Gala (South Yarmouth): i Manasse/Nakamatsu Duo, ac- I companied by Luis Ortiz, piano;. July 29: (Orleans): Boston : Cello Quartet; j July 31: (Wellfleet): Emerson \ String Quartet, accompanied by I Jon Manasse, clarinet. I ...and more to come.... Locations:WellfleetCongrega- : tional Church; United Methodist I Church, Orleans; First Congrega- I tional Church, Chatham; Dennis : Union Church; Cotuit Center for I the Arts; Cultural Center of Cape i Cod, South Yarmouth. Summer at Snow Snow Library hosts music on ¦ summer Wednesdays from 6 to 7 : p.m. on the village green, Main St., : Orleans, next to the library (weather ; permitting): July 23: Tm Sweeney and the : Fringe July 30: Cape Cod Jazz Quintet Aug. 13: Sonny and Perley. At Payomet July 23: Fundraiser featuring ; Jimmy Tingle. July 24: Buckwheat ¦ Zydeco. Aug. 7: Marcia Ball. Aug. 9: : Ben Taylor; Aug. 12: Chris Smither. Payomet Performing Arts is at 29 | Old Dewline Road, North Truro. Box I office: www.payomet.org '>¦ Cotuit Center for the Arts • Trespass Music Monday - : July 28: Singer/songwriter Alicia : Mathewson is featured at Monday's • Open Mic Night, 7:30 p.m. (doors : open at 7). All are welcome to share • their talents or just sit back and enjoy. i No charge, but we pass the hat. • Celeste Howe and Roger Carr ; host a musical Happy Hour every • Friday from 4 to 6 p.m. throughout I the summer at Cotuit Center for : the Arts. $5. 508-428-0669; www. : artsonthecape.org Hyannis Sound* This college-age all-male a cap- : pella singing group once again calls ; Cape Cod its home for the summer. : The group performs four concerts a : week ,through Aug. 23: Mondays at : 7 p.m.: First Congregational Church, i Main St., Falmouth; Tuesdays at 7: I St. Christopher 's Episcopal Church, : Main St., Chatham; Thursdays at 7: • Cape Cod Covenant Church, Brews- : ter; Fridays at 8: Federated Church, : Main St., Hyannis. Look for more info ; at www.hyannissound.com ...and Cape Harmony The talented young women of : Cape Harmony's a cappella singers I are again singing their way through ! the summer,through Aug. 10 at ven- : ues across the region: Mondays, 8 ¦ p.m.: St. Mary's Episcopal Church, : Barnstable Village; Wednesdays , ; 7:30: Cotuit Federated Church; : Thursdays , 7:30: St. Christopher 's • Episcopal, Chatham; Fridays, 6:30: I Hyannis Harbor Artists' Shanties. : More at www.capeharmony.com Meeting House Chamber Music Festival 2014 This year the festival runs through : July 28 at venues across the Cape, i Performances are at 8 p.m.$20,under I 18 free; $90 for 6-concert series. I 508-896-3344. Upcoming: July 21 (Orleans): Katie Lans- i dale, violin; Enos, piano; Cha- • tham Chorale Chamber Singers. July 28 (Orleans): Joyce Mam- ; mann, violin; Matthias Naegele, ; cello; Enos, piano. Locations: Church of the Holy : Spirit Episcopal, 204 Monument ; Road, Orleans; Cotuit Center for i the Arts, 4404 Route 28. Barnstable Village Cultural District Free concerts 6 to 8 p.m. on the I lawn at the Courthouse complex on j Route 6A, Barnstable Village. Bring ¦ your chairs , blankets and picnics! : Dates: July 22; Aug. 12, 26. TD Bank Summer Concert Series The Arts Foundation of Cape : Cod and TD Bank present the I popular annual Summer Con- ; cert Series, offering music in I free weeknight outdoor concerts • across the Cape, all 6 to 7:30 p.m.: i Parkers River Beach, Yarmouth, : Mondays -July 21: Groovy Af- ; ternoon; July 28: The Rip-It-Ups. BrooksPark, Harwich,Mondays : -July 21: Brothers B/askeyRoots I Revival; July 28: Cerise & the ; Charlie Jamieson Trio. AseltonPark, Hyannis,Tuesdays ; - July 22: Jeff Lowe Band. 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