Cherry - Nico Walker

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER A PEN/HEMINGWAY AWARD FINALIST A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: THE NEW YORKER - ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY - VULTURE - VOGUE - LIT HUB A miracle of literary serendipity, a triumph. -- The Washington Post A young medic returns from deployment in Iraq to two things: the woman he loves, and the opioid crisis sweeping across the Midwest. Soon deep in the thrall of heroin addiction, he arrives at what seems like the only logical solution: robbing banks. Written by a singularly talented, wildly imaginative debut novelist, Cherry is a bracingly funny and unexpectedly tender work of fiction straight from the dark heart of America. The first great novel of the opioid epidemic. -- Vulture A buzzsaw of a novel. . . . Bracingly original. -- The Wall Street Journal Cherry is a profane, raw, and harrowingly timely account of the effects of war and the perils of addiction. -- Entertainment Weekly A raw coming-of-age story in reverse. . . . Cherry touches on some of the darkest chapters of recent American history. -- The New York Times Aptly compared to Jesus' Son and Reservoir Dogs, Cherry ] is a devastating example of art imitating life. -- Esquire