Mark Chiusano
A PEN/Hemingway Award Honorable Mention
“One of the most subtle, tender, emotionally powerful books that I’ve read in a long time . . . A stunning debut.”—Saïd Sayrafiezadeh
“Here’s the spirit of dear Sherwood Anderson in Mark Chiusano’s Marine Park.”—Ron Carlson
“A wise and affecting collection, and it marks the arrival of a voice we’ve not heard until now, one that will carry through the streets and alleys of contemporary literature for years to come.” —Bret Anthony Johnston
“Funny and touching . . . All about coming of age at the edge of the city and on the margins of the good life.” —Jim Shepard
Marine Park—in the far reaches of Brooklyn, train-less and tourist-free—finds its literary chronicler in Mark Chiusano. Chiusano’s dazzling stories delve into family, boyhood, sports, drugs, love, and all the weird quirks of growing up in a tight-knit community on the edge of the city. In the tradition of Junot Díaz’s Drown, Stuart Dybek’s The Coast of Chicago, and Russell Banks’s Trailerpark, this is a poignant and piercing collection—announcing the arrival of a distinct new voice in American fiction.