In this satire of our media-saturated culture, Las Vegas is to host a spectacle - Bear v Shark II. All of America is desperate to get a ticket, but it is young Curtis Norman who, with an essay, wins a national writing contest and four tickets to the show.
An NPR 2023 "Books We Love" Pick * A Washington Post Notable Book of 2023 * A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2023 * A Chicago Public Library Must-Read Book of 2023 * A Paris Review and... Læs mere
A quiet tour de force, Chris Bachelder's Abbott Awaits transforms the ordinary into the extraordinary, startlingly depicting the intense and poignant challenges of a vulnerable, imaginative father as he lives his everyday American existence.