The award-winning author of The End of Vandalism pens "a gorgeous, inexplicably sad and funny novel about screwups trying to do better" ( Salon).In this mesmerizing novel, Tom Drury once again journeys to the quiet Midwest to spend an action-packed October weekend in the lives of a precarious family whose members all want something without knowing how to get it: for Charles, an heirloom shotgun; for his wife, Joan, the imaginative life she once kn...

The sequel to the critically acclaimed Reverse Engineering. Reverse Engineering II brings together contemporary classic stories with their authors' discussions of how they were written. An essential book for everyone interested in how fiction works...

In Hunts in Dreams - a follow-up to his acclaimed debut The End of Vandalism - Tom Drury returns to the Midwest to spend a life-changing autumn weekend in the company of a family whose members all want something without knowing how to get it: for Charles (a.k.a. 'Tiny'), it's an heirloom shotgun; for his wife, Joan, the imaginative life she once knew; for their young son, Micah, a sense of the limits of his world - in search of which he prowls the empty town at night; and for Joan's daught...

Welcome to Grouse County, somewhere in the Midwest, where the towns are small but the people, their dreams and their eccentricities come in all sizes. When Sheriff Dan Norman arrests local troublemaker Tiny Darling for vandalising an anti-vandalism dance, he does not expect much in the way of fallout. But unseen wheels have been set in motion, and lives will be changed: Dan finds love, Tiny loses his wife Louise, and all three travel an epic journey of the heart. The End of Vandalism is fu...

In Pacific, Tom Drury revisits the community of Grouse County, the setting of his landmark debut, The End of Vandalism. When fourteen-year-old Micah Darling travels to Los Angeles to reunite with the mother who abandoned him seven years ago, he finds himself out of his league in a land of magical freedom. Back in the Midwest, an ethereal young woman comes to Stone City on a mission that will unsettle the lives of everyone she meets - including Micah's half-sister, Lyris, and his father, Ti...

Set in rural Iowa, this "breathtaking . . . remarkable achievement" of a debut novel by the author of Pacific is "at once funny, sad, and touching" ( New York Newsday).A New York Magazine and Publishers Weekly Best Book of the YearWith extensive excerpts appearing in the New Yorker before its release, Tom Drury's groundbreaking debut, The End of Vandalism, drew widespread acclaim and comparison to the wo...

From the award-winning author of The End of Vandalism. "Equal parts heist caper, ghost story and romance . . . in prose that is spare and sly." ( The New York Times)Set in the rugged region of the Midwest that gives the novel its title, The Driftless Area is the story of Pierre Hunter, a young bartender with unfailing optimism, a fondness for coin tricks, and an uncanny capacity for finding trouble. When he falls in love, with the mysteri...

'An overlooked giant of American comic fiction'Guardian'Drury gives us the wondrous and engaging stuff of real storytelling . . . a terrific book'New York TimesWhen fourteen-year-old Micah Darling travels to Los Angeles to reunite with his estranged mother, he finds himself in a land of magical freedom - a world away from all he's known in the Midwest. And back home in Grouse...

'An overlooked giant of American comic fiction'GUARDIAN'The greatest writer you've never heard of'INDEPENDENT**'**I envy the readers who will be reading Drury for the first time . . . a memorable novel that will make the world a less lonely and more mysterious place'Yiyun Li, author of THINGS IN NATURE MERELY GROW'I ador...

Grouse County, somewhere in the Midwest. Over the course of a long, autumnal weekend, each member of the Darling family is in search of something elusive. For Charles it's an heirloom shotgun; for his wife, Joan, the imaginative life she once knew; for their young son, Micah, who prowls the empty streets at night, it's a sense of the limits of his world; and for Joan's daughter, Lyris, a stable base from which to begin to grow up.The follow-up to the cult-classic

'One of the past half-century's finest novels . . . a masterpiece'Independent on SundayWelcome to Grouse County, somewhere in the Midwest: where the towns are small but the people, their dreams and their eccentricities come in all sizes.When Sheriff Dan Norman arrests local troublemaker Tiny Darling for vandalising an anti-vandalism dance, he does not expect much in the way of fallout. But unseen wheels have been set in moti...

"A memorable novel that will make the world a less lonely and more mysterious place."—Yiyun Li, Pulitzer Prize winning author of Things in Nature Merely GrowThe award-winning author of the classic The End of Vandalism returns to the Midwestern county he’s chronicled over four decades for a panoramic tale of fate, found families, and the revolutionary possibilities of loveA lonely highway, a traveler, and a revolver