In this striking novel-in-stories, a series of strange apocalypses
have hit America. Entire neighborhoods drown in mud, glass rains
from the sky, birds speak gibberish, and parents of young children
disappear. Millions starve while others grow coats of mold. But a
few are able to survive and find a light in the aftermath,
illuminating what we've become. In "The Disappeared," a father is
arrested for missing free throws, leaving his son to search alone
for his lost mother. A boy swells to fill his parents' ransacked
attic in "The Ruined Child." Rendered in a variety of narrative
forms, from a psychedelic fable to a skewed insurance claim
questionnaire, Blake Butler's full-length fiction debut paints a
gorgeously grotesque version of America, bringing to mind both
Kelly Link and William H. Gass, yet imbued with Butler's own vision
of the apocalyptic and bizarre.
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