Outside Valentine: A Novel

"This gripping and bravely lyrical novel probes the meaning of violence, victimization, and survival." —The Boston Globe

Many long years have passed since the winter of blinding white when Charles Starkweather and Caril Ann Fugate drove across the hushed midwestern landscape and left a trail of blood and pain. So why does Lowell, a Manhattan collector of antiquities, still dream of what happened, despite his wife's best attempts to draw him back and offer comfort? And who is Susan, the teena...