On the plane home to attend the funerals of his wife and best friend, Shadow, an ex-con, encounters an enigmatic stranger who seems to know a lot about him, and when Mr. Wednesday offers him a job as his bodyguard, Shadow accepts and is plunged into a dark and perilous world, where the soul of America is at stake. Winner of the Hugo, Nebula, & Bram Stoker awards.

Product Description: A FICTION FOR OUR TIMES AND A RADICAL PROOF THAT "AMERICA WAS FABLE BEFORE IT BECAME FACT.""It is difficult to speak of Benjamin Hollander's masterpiece, so America, so like an inner emigration, as if we had all changed names...A book of this order comes very rarely to our consciousness; we are so censorious of new genres...read more

National Book Award finalist Jean Thompson returns with her highly anticipated novel -- a masterful story that examines the American experience through the varied, intimate perspectives of a Midwestern family across the span of several decades. The Year We Left Home chronicles the lives of the Ericksons as they come of age from the 1970s to near present day, with all the hallmarks of Thompson's celebrated wit and grace: instantly recognizable characters, piercing insight on ordinary circumstances, and stunning prose. Alternating between several viewpoints as the years pass, it is an unforgettable and subtly provocative portrait of an emblematic American family as they navigate and redefine happiness in the course of their daily lives.

Product Description: From National Book Award finalist Jean Thompson comes a mesmerizing, decades-spanning saga of one ordinary American family—proud, flawed, hopeful— whose story simultaneously captures the turbulent history of the country at large...read more

On the plane home to attend the funerals of his wife and best friend, Shadow, an ex-con, encounters an enigmatic stranger who seems to know a lot about him, and when Mr. Wednesday offers him a job as his bodyguard, Shadow accepts and is plunged into a dark and perilous world, where the soul of America is at stake.Winner of the Hugo, Locus, Bram Stoker, and Britains SFX Awards. Reader's Guide available. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.