Consider it a snapshot of a truly great year in books and let the countdown to No.
Laymon addressesHeavyto his mother in lyrical second-person chapters, revisiting their intense, toxic, loving relationship.
Theres such pain in Laymons memories, as if his words were formed out of dried blood and tears.
Knopf; Penguin (3); Little, Brown and Company; Lee Boudreaux Books
The horrors of his upbringing haunt him everywhere he goes, from London to the Arctic.
The shackles of his of Americas past keep him from realizing his potential as an artist.
G.P. Putnam’s Sons
Scribner
Lee Boudreaux Books
Penguin
Penguin
Knopf
Scribner
Penguin
Little, Brown and Company
Penguin
Simon + Schuster
Random House
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