The Bright Freight of Memory

A PEN/Faulkner Literary Award and National Book Award Nominee

". . . Fields has once again firmly established himself in the ranks of America's finest fiction writers." -Ray Carson Russell, author of Philurius College Blues

"A compelling read that resonates with tragic realism and literary excellence." -Glenn R. Miller, author of Doorman Wanted

In the end I believe our flaws define us more than our virtues. Shakespeare's greatest plays, the tragedies, revolved around their heroes' flaws rather...