This piece was originally published on the Island Books blog. Growing up, I loved getting lost in books: It didn’t matter to me if the book was adventurous, dramatic, suspenseful, or fantastical; as long as it transported me somewhere else, I was happy. I’d be so immersed in my book that I’d barely hear my …
Originally posted in the Third Place Books blog Monday, August 29, 2016 Have you ever watched your child perform really poorly? Like you’re at the soccer field and your kid can’t even drink his Gatorade without spilling it all down his front, let alone run fast or kick the ball with any sort of accuracy? How …
The word for this haunting novel is “interior.” Most of the action in the slowly-plotted narrative occurs indoors, and the book’s gravity rests in the characters’ interiority. Four young men—college classmates of various ethnic backgrounds and sexual orientations—remain bound in friendship over several decades. At the center: the unforgettable Jude, brilliant, strange and tortured. The depth of the abuse …
