See How Small (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780316373944)

A riveting novel about the aftermath of a brutal murder of three teenage girls, written in incantatory prose "that's as fine as any being written by an American author today" (Ben Fountain).

One late autumn evening in a Texas town, two strangers walk into an ice cream shop shortly before closing time. They bind up the three teenage girls who are working the counter, set fire to the shop, and disappear. See How Small tells the stories of the survivors -- family, witnesses, and suspects -- who must endure in the wake of atrocity. Justice remains elusive in their world, human connection tenuous.

Hovering above the aftermath of their deaths are the three girls. They watch over the town and make occasional visitations, trying to connect with and prod to life those they left behind. "See how small a thing it is that keeps us apart," they say. A master of compression and lyrical precision, Scott Blackwood has surpassed himself with this haunting, beautiful, and enormously powerful new novel.

Author: Scott Blackwood
ISBN-10: 031637394X
ISBN-13: 9780316373944
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Language: English
Published: 09/15/2015
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.80w x 0.70d

Review Citation(s):
New York Times Book Review 10/25/2015 pg. 32