Untouchable: A Novel

It is the autumn of 1999. A year has passed since Lucy Darby's unexpected death, leaving her husband David and son Whitley to mend the gaping hole in their lives. David, a trauma-site cleanup technician, spends his nights expunging the grisly remains of strangers, helping their families move on, though he is unable to do the same. Whitley-an eleven-year-old social pariah known simply as the Kid-hasn't spoken since his mother's death. Instead, he communicates through a growing collection of ...