Opioid, Indiana (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781641290784)

"Full of gorgeous language and wild insights."--Nick Flynn

Set in the beleaguered heart of Indiana's opioid crisis, Brian Allen Carr's timely and tender novel about a teen struggling to find his place in the world--and come up with $800 rent--is at once a moving rumination on the hopeful power of story and a harrowing insight into modern America. It is a book you won't soon forget.

Seventeen-year-old Riggle is living in rural Indiana with his uncle and uncle's girlfriend after the death of his parents. Now his uncle is missing, probably on a drug binge. It's Monday, and $800 in rent is due Friday. Riggle, who's been suspended from school, has to either find his uncle or get the money together himself. His mission exposes him to a motley group of Opioid locals--encounters by turns perplexing, harrowing, and heartening.

With empathy and insight, Carr explores what it's like to be a high school kid in the age of Trump--a time of economic inequality, addiction, Confederate flags, and mass shootings. Through the voice of its unforgettable protagonist--charismatic, confused, searching, by turns cynical and na?e, wise and impulsive--Opioid, Indiana pierces to the heart of our moment.

Author: Brian Allen Carr
ISBN-10: 1641290781
ISBN-13: 9781641290784
Publisher: Soho Press
Language: English
Published: 09/17/2019
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.48lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.70d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 07/29/2019
Kirkus Reviews 08/01/2019
Library Journal 08/23/2019 pg. 1
Shelf Awareness 10/01/2019
BookPage 09/01/2019