American Purgatorio

Jack’s wife has disappeared. She was in the car when they stopped for gas, he knows that much. He walked back from the counter, and then …Jack can’t remember. But Anne has gone. John Haskell’s “American Purgatorio” is an extraordinary debut novel – haunting, comic and achingly poignant. It’s a road trip into the heart of a country and a man, a travelogue of loss and redemption, a Pilgrim’s Progress for a godless world.

Reviews of American Purgatorio

"'If you don't like it, you may not be alive to the pleasures of reading' Independent 'Haskell's book is a dazzling metaphysical high-wire act – compelling, deeply moving, mordantly funny and disquieting in equal measure' Telegraph 'Wildly original, wonderful, amazing, tender, heart-breaking' Geoff Dyer 'Triumphant' The Nation 'Fresh, light, deep, sad, funny' Tim Pears 'Almost unbearably beautiful… a miracle of a novel' John Burnside 'Hypnotic' Village Voice"