Medium Rare and narrative force

and narrative force

A National Public Radio (NPR) Best Book

When a stranger named Charlie Jameson contacts her from London claiming to have discovered a handwritten dictionary of her mother's lost language

to fellow students and friends from Minneapolis

danger looms close

Medium Rare and narrative forceFrom the author of The Portrait of a Mirror, a modern tragicomedy transforms the myth of Icarus into a blazing romp through bureaucracy, B list fame, and college basketball Phil is ordinary. A mid level Washington lobbyist for a decidedly unsexy organization, unhappy in the way all mildly successful, minimally influential men are. That is until the spring of 2019, when Phil's picks for the NCAA March Madness Tournament start panning out, and heads