![]() Markley is a knockout storyteller, infusing each section with realistic detail, from the drudgery of Walmart work to war to the fleeting ecstasies of drugs to violence, especially self-harm. Bill has an omnivorous drug habit and is hauling a plainly illicit but unidentified (until the climax) package north from New Orleans Stacey wants to confront the homophobic mother of her high school girlfriend Dan is an Afghanistan war vet who wants to catch up with an old flame and Tina has a score to settle with the jock who sexually abused her in high school. Each person has hit on hard times in their 20s, and on one evening in their hometown of New Canaan, they’re laboring to set things right. Markley’s ( Tales of Iceland, 2013, etc.) flagrantly symphonic debut novel is effectively four linked novellas, with each section circling around a high school friend or acquaintance of Rick, who was killed in action in Iraq. A group of young men and women aggressively affected by the post–9/11 world reconverge in their Ohio hometown. ![]()
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