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Recipient of a 2015 PEN/Hemingway Award Honorable Mention
“Chiusano . . . [has] formidable talents. It will be worth watching what he does when he leaves the neighborhood.”
—John Williams,
The New York Times
“
[A] cult classic."
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Our Town
An astute, lively, and heartfelt debut story collection by an exciting new voice in contemporary fiction
Marine Park—in the far reaches of Brooklyn, train-less and tourist-free—finds its literary chronicler in Mark Chiusano. Chiusano’s dazzling stories delve into family, boyhood, sports, drugs, love, and all the weird quirks of growing up in a tight-knit community on the edge of the city. In the tradition of Junot Díaz’s
Drown
, Stuart Dybek’s
The Coast of Chicago
, and Russell Banks’s
Trailerpark
, this is a poignant and piercing collection—announcing the arrival of a distinct new voice in American fiction.