A gripping, enigmatic collection of linked short stories about the reverberations of a serial killer's crimes in the lives of everyday people. Fiona McFarlane's newest collection, takes murder as its starting point, but it unfolds to encompass much more: through the investigation of the aftermath of this violence across time and place, from the killer's childhood town to Texas, Rome, and tropical northern Australia, McFarlane presents an oblique, entrancing exploration of the way stories are told and spread, and at what cost. Author of "The Sun Walks Down." Print run 20,000.
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