Mortals, Norman RushThe greatly anticipated new novel by Norman Rushwhose first novel, Mating, won the National Book Award and was everywhere acclaimedis his richest work yet. It is at once a political adventure, a social comedy, and a passionate triangle. It is set in the 1990s in Botswanathe African country Rush has indelibly made his own fictional territory. Mortals chronicles the misadventures of three ex pat Americans: Ray Finch, a contract CIA agent, operating