The Left and the Lucky: A Novel

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“One of America’s greatest storytellers.”—Jonathan Evison

Eddie Wilkens is a housepainter in his early forties. His wife has left him, and his one employee barely shows up for work. Unassuming and self-reliant, Eddie rarely gets angry, despite life’s frequent provocations, but he is ruled by a guilt that he has carried for nearly twenty years.

Next door, a woman and her sons move in with her aging mother. Russell is quiet...