Madison Smartt Bell
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Stretching from New York to Haiti to Paris to London, this deeply affecting story collection by National Book Award finalist Madison Smartt Bell takes readers on a crooked tour of many different psychological landscapes. The 18 stories in this masterful collection are informed by Madison Smartt Bell's eye for revealing detail and empathy for his characters - most of whom are outsiders in one way or another, sometimes obviously, sometimes not. All...
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Bell's stunning, multifaceted novel examines the ways in which a young woman's suicide inspires those around her to fight for survival in New York City Marian's drug overdose shocked her friends, who all thought of her life as nearly perfect. It wasn't until later that they realized how the pressures of addiction and her own troubled past ultimately proved to be too much. As those closest to her reflect on what went wrong, the story of her life becomes...