Border Crossing

A psychiatrist rescues a man from drowning, and it turns out to be an accused child murderer whom he once testified against. Over the years, he became unsure of his evidence. Now he is faced with the man he sent to jail--who wants to be taken on as a patient. In the course of the relationship between these two men, Barker explores the mind of a psychopath, and the way he has been formed by the moral tenor of our times. A New York Times Notable Book for 2001.