American Purgatorio

Advance Reading Copy. 8vo. Pp. [viii], 245, [3]. Stiff pictorial wraps.

Author's debut novel. A happily married man discovers upon walking out of a convenience store, that his wife has suddenly vanished in the middle of the gas station forecourt. A travelogue of loss and redemption ranging from the brownstones of New York City to the sandy beaches of Southern California. "[O]ne of those rare authors who makes language seem limitless in its possibilities." –Los Angeles Times