This powerful short novel describes the events of a single afternoon. Alwyn Tower, an American expatriate and sometime novelist, is staying with a friend outside of Paris, when a well-heeled, itinerant Irish couple drops in--with Lucy, their trained hawk, a restless, sullen, disturbingly totemic presence. Lunch is prepared, drink 64258ows. A masquerade, at once harrowing and farcical, begins. pA work of classical elegance and concision, The Pilgrim Hawk stands with Faulkner's The Bear as one of the 64257nest American short novels a beautifully crafted story that is also a poignant evocation of the implacable power of love.