The Closing Days

"Kovach flips expectations of the standard American abroad narrative and strives for something much deeper." -Kirkus Reviews

"This book transports you to a fully realized Vienna, with its particular architecture, cafe culture, and residual WWII ghosts."

For fans of Donna Tartt and Anthony Doerr, a charming, taut, and compulsively readable exploration of guilt, country, and friendship that follows a young man's relationship with an Austrian college student and her grandfather.

When Alex Vogel i...