Shot: A Novel in Stories

In this novel, told from multiple points of view, critically acclaimed and award-winning author Peter Johnson paints a nuanced and convincing portrait of teenagers whose lives are forever changed-and linked-by the sound of a single gunshot. Johnson never apologizes for his characters' thoughts or actions, and therein lies this novel's brilliance. The brutal honesty and lack of self-reflection with which the narrators speak ring true and provide penetrating insights into the insecurity and i...