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So Far Gone

A Novel

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Wait time: About 10 weeks
0 of 1 copy available
Wait time: About 10 weeks

National Bestseller

""A warm, funny, loving novel. . . . It's an American original.""—Ann Patchett, New York Times bestselling author of Tom Lake

""Who better to give us the latest version of a recluse with a heart of gold than Walter?... It's a gleeful, kooky and tender homage to Charles Portis' "True Grit" with echoes of Tom Robbins and yes, Elinor Lipman too." — Los Angeles Times

A Vogue "Best Book of the Year" * An Amazon "Best Book of the Year" * A Publishers Weekly ""Most Anticipated"" * A Washington Post "Most Anticipated" * An Oprah's Book Club "Best Summer Read" * An Esquire "Best Book of the Summer" * A Los Angeles Times "Must Read Book for the Summer" * A New York Times "Book to Read This Summer" * A Good Morning America ""Kate and Charlies Ultimate Summer Read"" * A CBS Sunday "New Summer Read * An NPR "Dark Tale to Hit the Shelves" * An Elle "Best Book of the Summer" * A Lit Hub "Must Read Book for the Summer" * A Chicago Tribune "Summer Book" * A Minnesota Star Tribune ""Terrific Book for the Beach"" * An Alta Magazine ""Book of the Month"" * A New York Times ""New Book We Recommend"" * A Lit Hub ""Best Reviewed Book"" * A NY Post ""Best New Book"" * A New York Times ""Book Readers Are Most Excited About This Summer"" * A Huffingting Post ""Book that Should Be on Your Summer Reading List"" * An Airmail "Best Read of the Week" * A Publishers Weekly Starred Review * A Kirkus Starred Review * A Library Journal Starred Review * A BuzzFeed ""Book That Should Be On Your Summer Reading List""

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Beautiful Ruins—and in the propulsive spirit of Charles Portis' True Grit—comes a hilarious, empathetic, and brilliantly provocative adventure through life in modern America, about a reclusive journalist forced back into the world to rescue his kidnapped grandchildren.

Rhys Kinnick has gone off the grid. At Thanksgiving a few years back, a fed-up Rhys punched his conspiracy-theorist son-in-law in the mouth, chucked his smartphone out a car window and fled for a cabin in the woods, with no one around except a pack of hungry raccoons.

Now Kinnick's old life is about to land right back on his crumbling doorstep. Can this failed husband and father, a man with no internet and a car that barely runs, reemerge into a broken world to track down his missing daughter and save his sweet, precocious grandchildren from the members of a dangerous militia?

With the help of his caustic ex-girlfriend, a bipolar retired detective, and his only friend (who happens to be furious with him), Kinnick heads off on a wild journey through cultural lunacy and the rubble of a life he thought he'd left behind. So Far Gone is a rollicking, razor-sharp, and moving road trip through a fractured nation, from a writer who has been called "a genius of the modern American moment" (Philadelphia Inquirer).

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    • AudioFile Magazine
      Narrator Edoardo Ballerini portrays Rhys Kinnick, a heartbroken retired environmental journalist and grandfather who tries to save his family. Ballerini delivers scenes playing out all over the country in which family members on opposite sides of the political fence argue and end up estranged due to disinformation and political manipulation. Kinnick cuts himself off from the world for seven years until he must step up to save his grandchildren from a violent militia. Ballerini adds empathy to his narration, especially when voicing the bewildered children. Kinnick enlists a private investigator to help sort through the mess, and the two seniors uncover more than they bargained for as characters who, at first, seem to be villains elicit listeners' sympathy and understanding. R.O. © AudioFile 2025, Portland, Maine

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