Playworld remarkable book to be kept

remarkable book to be kept and reread--for its beauty of language

Can he survive -- and escape

in a cycle without end or beginning

deeply biblical account of God's expanding grace and mercy

For all its length and detail

Playworld remarkable book to be kept"Starting off 2025 with a novel this terrific gives me hope for the whole year." Ron Charles, The Washington Post "A gorgeous cat's cradle of a book . . . The swirling vapors of Holden Caulfield are present in Playworld, for sure, but also Lolita, Willy Loman, Garp." Alexandra Jacobs, The New York Times Book Review "Extraordinary . . . A beguiling ode to a lost era . . . Line for line the book is a revelation." Leigh Haber, Los Angeles Times THE NEW