Cherry: A Novel
Written by Nico Walker
Narrated by Jeremy Bobb
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Jesus' Son meets Reservoir Dogs in a breakneck-paced debut novel about love, war, bank robberies, and heroin.
Cleveland, 2003. A young man is just a college freshman when he meets Emily. They share a passion for Edward Albee and Ecstasy and fall hard and fast in love. But soon Emily has to move home to Elba, New York and he flunks out of school and joins the Army. Desperate to keep their relationship alive, they marry before he ships out to Iraq. But as an Army medic, he is unprepared for the grisly reality that awaits him. His fellow soldiers smoke; they huff computer duster; they take painkillers; they watch porn. And many of them die. He and Emily try to make their long-distance marriage work, but when he returns from Iraq, his PTSD is profound, and the drugs on the street have changed. The opioid crisis is beginning to swallow up the Midwest. Soon he is hooked on heroin, and so is Emily. They attempt a normal life, but with their money drying up, he turns to the one thing he thinks he could be really good at—robbing banks.
Hammered out on a typewriter, Cherry marks the arrival of a raw, bleakly hilarious, and surprisingly poignant voice straight from the dark heart of America.
Editor's Note
Smart and surprising…
The plot of Nico Walker’s autofiction-debut is pretty astounding, all the more so because it so closely tracks his own biography (he was sentenced to more than a decade in prison for bank robbery). From life as an army medic serving in Iraq, to a heroin addict, to a serial bank robber, Walker has plenty of material to mine. He has an assured voice, smart but not pretentious, and renders everything with a flowing, engrossing style that’s unique while remaining accessible.
Nico Walker
Vétéran de l’armée américaine, Nicolas Walker sera libéré de prison en 2020. En décrivant sa chute, il démontre la profondeur de son humanité, nous attire dans l’esprit d’un jeune homme ordinaire aux prises avec des démons intérieurs.
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