`Brilliant, clear, and humane¿ Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love`Miraculous and hopeful¿ Emma Straub, author of All Adults Here`Quietly profound ¿ belongs on the shelf next to Jon Krakauer¿s Into the Wild¿ New York Times
BEN McGRATH is a longtime staff writer for The New Yorker. He lives outside New York City in a small town on the Hudson, with his wife and two children. This is his first book.