Chris Bohjalian has been making a literary career out of combining serious social issues with suspenseful fictional narratives. No other American writer can readily encapsulate issues of current interest and present dispassionate and multi-faceted arguments both for and against. In Before You Know Kindness, his latest family saga, Bohjalian proves once again that he is a phenomenal and gifted stylist that can bring the seemingly disparate issues of gun control, deer hunting and vegetarianism to the forefront, while also conveying some ardent observations on our litigious society. This novel is a searing account of what happens when all of these issues combine after a terrible accident involving a gun that is accidentally fired.
Chris Bohjalian has been making a literary career out of combining serious social issues with suspenseful fictional narratives. No other American writer can readily encapsulate issues of current interest and present dispassionate and multi-faceted arguments both for and against. In Before You Know Kindness, his latest family saga, Bohjalian proves once again that he is a phenomenal and gifted stylist that can bring the seemingly disparate issues of gun control, deer hunting and vegetarianism to the forefront, while also conveying some ardent observations on our litigious society. This novel is a searing account of what happens when all of these issues combine after a terrible accident involving a gun that is accidentally fired.
Chris Bohjalian has been making a literary career out of combining serious social issues with suspenseful fictional narratives. No other American writer can readily encapsulate issues of current interest and present dispassionate and multi-faceted arguments both for and against. In Before You Know Kindness, his latest family saga, Bohjalian proves once again that he is a phenomenal and gifted stylist that can bring the seemingly disparate issues of gun control, deer hunting and vegetarianism to the forefront, while also conveying some ardent observations on our litigious society. This novel is a searing account of what happens when all of these issues combine after a terrible accident involving a gun that is accidentally fired.