Idaho Winter

"The world of Tony Burgess is savage and blackly funny . . . It's a place where you shouldn't trust anybody, not even your narrator" (Uptown).

Idaho Winter is a boy who, through no fault of his own, is loathed by everyone in his town. His father feeds him roadkill for breakfast, the crossing guard steers cars toward him as he crosses the road, and parents encourage their children to plot against him. That is, until he meets a young girl named Madison who empathizes with his suffering. Bu...