Where All Light Tends to Go

by David Joy and David Joy

Book Overview

A Finalist for the Edgar Award for Best First Novel "Remarkable . . . This isn't your ordinary coming-of-age novel, but with his bone-cutting insights into these men and the region that bred them, Joy makes it an extraordinarily intimate experience."--Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times Book Review "Lyrical, propulsive, dark and compelling. Joy knows well the grit and gravel of his world, the soul and blemishes of the place."--Daniel Woodrell In the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0399172777
• ISBN13: 9780399172779
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 12 and higher

Customer Reviews

Don't be afraid to see the small town America YOU helped create.

I loved this book. Don't give credence to the negative reviews. This is experienced through the eyes of people living in a world most will never comprehend, mostly by choice. The characters ring true bc I have met and know people just like this. Some ruthless. Some wanting nothing more than a reprieve from the gutter they were born in. Should have won the Edgar.

Not a single redeeming quality

Profanity laced, depression filled angst that won all these awards? I don't get it and wish I had not gotten it.

Underdeveloped

Not enough character development to feel for any of the characters. I struggled through this one. The romantic relationship felt like an afterthought.