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Cherry

by Nico Walker

A return from war meets a crisis at home

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Awards & Recognition

  • Award recognition

    PEN/Hemingway Award finalist

    Finalist

  • Editorial selection

    New York Times Notable Book

    Named a New York Times Notable Book.

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A return from war meets a crisis at home

After returning from deployment in Iraq, a young medic faces the woman he loves and an opioid crisis spreading across the Midwest. The description links his experience of heroin addiction to a turn toward robbing banks, bringing war, addiction, and crime into one contemporary American story. The novel’s premise places a veteran’s personal struggle within a wider regional crisis, while keeping his relationship and the consequences of his addiction in view.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in contemporary fiction about veterans returning from war.
  • Readers interested in stories addressing opioid addiction and its effects in the Midwest.
  • Readers seeking fiction that brings personal relationships together with crime.

Themes

The return from warOpioid addictionCrimeLove and personal struggleThe American Midwest

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Book overview

National Bestseller

Now a major motion picture starring Tom Holland and directed by the Russo Brothers. A
young medic returns from deployment in Iraq to two things: the woman he loves, and the opioid crisis sweeping across the Midwest.


In this "miracle of literary serendipity" (The Washington Post), after finding himself deep in the thrall of heroin addiction, the soldier arrives at what seems like the only logical solution: robbing banks.

Written by a singularly talented, wildly imaginative debut novelist, Cherry is a bracingly funny and unexpectedly tender work of fiction straight from the dark heart of America.

A PEN/HEMINGWAY AWARD FINALIST
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK
ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: THE NEW YORKER - ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY - VULTURE - VOGUE - LIT HUB


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