Middle C

A literary event—the long-awaited novel, almost two decades in work, by the acclaimed author of The Tunnel (“The most beautiful, most complex, most disturbing novel to be published in my lifetime.”—Michael Silverblatt, Los Angeles Times ; “An extraordinary achievement”—Michael Dirda, The Washington Post ); Omensetter’s Luck (“The most important work of fiction by an American in this literary generation”—Richard Gilman, The New Republic ); Willie Masters’ Lonesome Wife; and In the Heart of the He