"Adam Oney, the hero of Sam Michel's bittersweet debut novel, is rightly named after that first namer. His other forebear is Icarus, only in this version, the boy survives to tell his own story with surpassing compassion for all."--Christine Schutt
"Sam Michel is such a smart, manic, virtuosic stylist . . . the kind of deep insights that make you suddenly and newly appreciative of the world around you." -- George SaundersThere was a hot, high sun, a hard ground and a long way off to any certain...