A family of three: father, mother, son. A house that gives them shelter but shapes their nightmares.An illness that nearly arrested the past, and looms over the future.A second family--a copy family. Mirror bodies.Events on the horizon: a hole, a box, a light, a girl. Holes in houses. Holes in speak[...]

In this striking novel-in-stories, a series of strange apocalypses have hit America. Entire neighborhoods drown in mud, glass rains from the sky, birds speak gibberish, and parents of young children disappear. Millions starve while others grow coats of mold. But a few are able to survive and find a [...]

"If there's a more thoroughly brilliant and exciting new writer than Blake Butler . . . well, there just isn't."--Dennis Cooper"Blake Butler, mastermind and visionary, has sneaked up and drugged the American novel."--Ben Marcus"I could go on at what these days were but the truth is I am tired. Would[...]