A] moving novel about friendship, forgiveness, and mortality. Nancy Pearl, NPR s Morning Edition
Ron Carlson has always been a critics favorite, but Return to Oakpine shows the acclaimed writer at his finest. In this tender and nostalgic portrait of western American life, Carlson tells the story of four middle-aged friends who once played in a band while growing up together in small-town Wyoming. One of them, Jimmy Brand, left for New York City and became an admired novelist. Thirty years later in 1999, he s returned to die. Craig Ralston and Frank Gunderson never...