"Follow the Sun is just plain fantastic.
About the Author: Edwa.
Born and raised in Massachusetts, Delaney lives and teaches in Rhode Island.
His short fiction has appeared in the Atlantic and Best American Short Stories, in anthologies, and on PRI\'s Selected Shorts program.
Henry Prize, and a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship.
He has received the PEN/New England Award, the O.
Delaney is an award-winning journalist, filmmaker, and author of three previous works of fiction.
Edward J.
What he discovers will remap the course of their lives.
Telling no one and risking everything, Robbie sets out to find Santoro and determine what happened to Quinn.
A year later, as they admit they might be better off without Quinn\'s complicated presence in their lives, Robbie gets a strange tip: Santoro is apparently living in the Pacific Northwest.
Now that Quinn has disappeared, Robbie reaches out to Quinn\'s estranged daughter, Christine, and assumes the fatherly role his brother never shouldered.
Robbie Boyle, a small-time local sportswriter, looked after his younger brother as best he could.
Three days later, they\'re both gone, lost without a trace.
He hires on an old nemesis, Freddy Santoro, who\'s facing prison time of his own.
On his final lobster run, Quinn\'s down to his last options.
Since Quinn lost a man off his boat and served time for possession, only na ve beginners will work with him.
Delaney\'s knowledge of this milieu is never in doubt, and his control of the material is masterful." --Phillip Lopate Quinn Boyle is a lobsterman afloat in a shambled vessel, haunted by his battles with lobsters and with heroin, and ever behind on his child support.
What a knockout read." --Paul Harding"In this pungent, gritty novel, hardscrabble lives are rendered with utter realism, terrific dialogue, and a slow-burning tenderness for all concerned. . . .
Delaney has orchestrated a tight, tense page-turner and a harrowing, deeply imagined literary portrait of an entire family.
Edward J. "Follow the Sun is just plain fantastic
