Pacific

'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 County, a mysterious young woman arrives on a mission that will unsettle the lives of everyone she encounters.Returning to the beloved characters of his landmark debut, The End of Vandalism, Pacific confirms Tom Drury as a giant of American fiction.'A beautiful book of quiet power that deserves recognition as a contemporary classic'McSweeneys