NATIONAL BESTSELLER A PEN/HEMINGWAY AWARD FINALIST A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: THE NEW YORKER - ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY - VULTURE - VOGUE - LIT HUB "A miracle of literary serendipity, a triumph." -- The Washington Post A young medic returns from deployment in Iraq to two things: the woman he loves, and the opioid crisis sweeping across the Midwest.
Cherry is his debut novel..
Cherry touches on some of the darkest chapters of recent American history." -- The New York Times "Aptly compared to Jesus\' Son and Reservoir Dogs, Cherry ] is a devastating example of art imitating life." -- Esquire About the Author: Nico Walker is originally from Cleveland. . . .
Bracingly original." -- The Wall Street Journal " Cherry is a profane, raw, and harrowingly timely account of the effects of war and the perils of addiction." -- Entertainment Weekly "A raw coming-of-age story in reverse. . . . " The first great novel of the opioid epidemic." -- Vulture "A buzzsaw of a novel.
Written by a singularly talented, wildly imaginative debut novelist, Cherry is a bracingly funny and unexpectedly tender work of fiction straight from the dark heart of America.
Soon deep in the thrall of heroin addiction, he arrives at what seems like the only logical solution: robbing banks.
NATIONAL BESTSELLER A PEN/HEMINGWAY AWARD FINALIST A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: THE NEW YORKER - ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY - VULTURE - VOGUE - LIT HUB "A miracle of literary serendipity, a triumph." -- The Washington Post A young medic returns from deployment in Iraq to two things: the woman he loves, and the opioid crisis sweeping across the Midwest
