““Philips’ novel is a gift, her prose flawless, her characters endlessly engaging; the book itself offering us a new voice in fiction, one we should listen to with all our hearts.” ”
Bones, bones, bones. That's what Henry Jett, the protagonist of The Afterlife of Birds, is interested in. He collects skulls, and he builds bird skeletons (also known as articulation, which is funny, because he's a quiet guy). As the novel opens, Henry's brother Dan is disappearing into his obsession with running, Henry is still missing his ex-girlfriend, who hated the bone thing, and he is about to undertake a search for a bone his brother wants as a talisman, a wolverine penis bone ....
Release date: september 15, 2015
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Liz likes bones, too. Here she is with a bear skull.