The Comedown

"So good, so fully realized. . . . A book about how easily our lives are wrecked, but also how powerfully we're able to survive and rebuild." -Nathan Hill, The New York Times Book Review

A blistering dark comedy, Rafael Frumkin's The Comedown is a romp across America, from the Kent State shootings to protest marches in Chicago to the Florida Everglades, that explores delineating lines of race, class, religion, and time.

Scrappy, street smart drug dealer Reggie Marshall has never liked the ...