Joshua Furst: 3 books

James Michener Fellowship winner Joshua Furst's widely acclaimed debut collection explores the perils and paradoxes of childhood in ten harrowing, moving, and surprising stories, offering a rare and unsentimental depiction of the lives of American youth. In "The Age of Exploration,"...

In his second novel, the acclaimed author of The Sabotage Café leads us on a long, strange trip through the heart of the sixties and beyond, as seen through the eyes of the revolution's poster child. Fred is the sole offspring of Lenny Snyder, the famous (or notorious) pied piper of the counterculture,...

As a teenager in the 1980s punk scene, Julia suffered an unspeakable trauma.Years later, she has made a new life for herself in the suburbs, desperately working to maintain a sense of normalcy.But when Julia's sixteen-year-old daughter, Cheryl, goes missing, Julia is forced to envision her every move....