Pickle's Progress: A Novel

"The four main characters in Pickle's Progress seem more alive than most of the people we know in real life."—Richard Russo

Marcia Butler's debut novel, Pickle's Progress, is a fierce, mordant New York story about the twisted path to love.

Over the course of five weeks, identical twin brothers, one wife, a dog, and a bereaved young woman collide with each other to comical and sometimes horrifying effect. Everything is questioned and tested as they jockey for position and try to maintain t...