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An "enthralling headscratcher of a first novel . . . weaves an intricate tale of quests and escapes" as a man follows his wife who follows a mysterious stranger ( Publishers Weekly).
Deb Olin Unferth's award-winning debut novel is "an off-kilter ode to obsession" with a "richly textured, often surprising linguistic landscape" ( The Rumpus). In it, a man named Myers has noticed that his wife has suddenly become suspiciously absent in the evenings. He decides to start following her on her evening escapades, hoping to discover her betrayal. Instead, he soon discovers she is following a man named Gray, who happens to be a former classmate of Myers, and whose own marriage is falling apart.
What follows is an unusual, unsettling, and wildly entertaining novel by the acclaimed author of Minor Robberies. With deadpan humor and skewed wordplay, Deb Olin Unferth weaves a mystery of hope and heartbreak.
Winner of the Cabell First Novel Award.
Deb Olin Unferth's award-winning debut novel is "an off-kilter ode to obsession" with a "richly textured, often surprising linguistic landscape" ( The Rumpus). In it, a man named Myers has noticed that his wife has suddenly become suspiciously absent in the evenings. He decides to start following her on her evening escapades, hoping to discover her betrayal. Instead, he soon discovers she is following a man named Gray, who happens to be a former classmate of Myers, and whose own marriage is falling apart.
What follows is an unusual, unsettling, and wildly entertaining novel by the acclaimed author of Minor Robberies. With deadpan humor and skewed wordplay, Deb Olin Unferth weaves a mystery of hope and heartbreak.
Winner of the Cabell First Novel Award.
An "enthralling headscratcher of a first novel . . . weaves an intricate tale of quests and escapes" as a man follows his wife who follows a mysterious stranger ( Publishers Weekly).
Deb Olin Unferth's award-winning debut novel is "an off-kilter ode to obsession" with a "richly textured, often ...
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Deb Olin Unferth is the author of six books, including two novels, a memoir, two story collections, and a graphic novel. Her essays and fiction have appeared in Harper's, the New York Times, The Paris Review, Granta, Vice, and McSweeney's. She has received a Guggenheim fellowship, three Pushcart Prizes, and was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. An associate professor at the University of Texas in Austin, she also is the director of the Pen City Writers, a creative-writing program at a south Texas penitentiary.
Deb Olin Unferth is the author of six books, including two novels, a memoir, two story collections, and a graphic novel. Her essays and fiction have appeared in Harper's, the New York Times, The Paris Review, Granta, Vice, and McSweeney's. She has received a Guggenheim fellowship, three Pushcart ...
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