The debut from the author of Mouth to Mouth, a novel about obsession that makes for obsessive reading.All Owen Patterson wants is an normal life, a happy marriage, and a stable family. But following the brutal and random murder of his brother-in-law,...
With its blend of fool's wisdom and deeply felt humanity, "Panorama City" is heir to Marilynne Robinson's "Gilead" and Steve Martin's "The Jerk." From his deathbed*, 28-year-old Oppen Porter--an open-hearted, bicycle-riding, binocular-toting, self...
In a first-class lounge at JFK airport, our narrator listens as Jeff Cook, a former classmate he only vaguely remembers, shares the uncanny story of his adult life -- a life that changed course years before, the moment he resuscitated a drowning man....