“ subtle intersection of the ordinary and the absurd is trademark maneuver. One of the most notable novels of the year.' - Chicago Tribune “Doxology” comes out swinging for a center spot in the literary canon.

'Has Nell Zink written the Great American Gen-X Novel?. “Doxology” is surprisingly uplifting.” - Wall Street Journal Zink writes with such momentum, and seems to be having so much fun, that she can make a story that traverses some of the darkest moments in recent history (9/11, both Iraq wars, the 2016 election) into an exhilarating and grimly amusing page turner…. “With the precision of a sniper, Nell Zink nails the disorientation of coming of age in the 1980s.… most ambitious novel…. “A master of compassionate satire bestows another off-kilter epic.” - O, the Oprah Magazine “A distinct, unflinching look at the country’s past and future.” - Time Zink writes as if the political madness of the last four decades had been laid on for her benefit as a novelist.” - New York Times She lays her heart on the line in a way she hasn’t before…. It’s a ragged chunk of ecstatic cerebral-satirical intellection. “It’s the novel of the summer and possibly the year. And when the country faces an astonishing new threat, Flora’s family will have no choice but to look to the past-both to examine wounds that have never healed, and to rediscover strengths they have long forgotten.Īt once an elegiac takedown of today’s political climate and a touching invocation of humanity’s goodness, Doxology offers daring revelations about America’s past and possible future that could only come from Nell Zink, one of the sharpest novelists of our time.

Joining the ranks of those fighting for ecological conservation, Flora works to bridge the wide gap between powerful strategists and ordinary Americans, becoming entangled ever more intimately with her fellow activists along the way. In the aftermath, Flora comes of age, navigating a charged political landscape and discovering a love of the natural world. On September 11, 2001, the city’s unfathomable devastation coincides with a shattering personal loss for the trio. As the ‘90s wane, the three friends share in one another’s successes, working together to elevate Joe’s superstardom and raise baby Flora. Struggling to scrape together enough cash and musical talent to make it, they are waylaid by surprising arrivals-a daughter for Pam and Daniel, a solo hit single for Joe. Pam, Daniel, and Joe might be the worst punk band on the Lower East Side. Two generations of an American family come of age-one before 9/11, one after-in this moving and original novel from the “intellectually restless, uniquely funny” ( New York Times Book Review) mind of Nell Zink Named a Best Book of the Year by: The New York Times * New York Magazine * Lit Hub * TIME * O, the Oprah Magazine * Good Housekeeping

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