Bloomsbury
September 2012
On Sale: September 18, 2012
192 pages ISBN: 1608198545 EAN: 9781608198542 Kindle: B008RYD328 Hardcover / e-Book Add to Wish List
Big Rayβs temper and obesity define him. When Big Ray dies, his son feels mostly relief, dismissing his other emotions. Yet years later, the adult son must reckon with the outsized presence of his fatherβs memory. This stunning novel, narrated in more than five hundred brief entries, moves between past and present, between his fatherβs death and his life, between an abusive childhood and an adult understanding. Shot through with humor and insight that will resonate with anyone who has experienced a complicated parental relationship, Big Ray is a staggering family storyβ at once brutal and tender, sickening and beautiful.
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