10 Dazzling Debut Novels to Pick Up Right Now
Amazed by the abundance of high-quality first-time fiction, we share our instant favorites.
8 of 10
American Spirit
By Dan Kennedy
352 pages;
Little A / New Harvest
In this first novel from the outrageously funny host of The Moth podcast, a 40-something media exec goes rogue after losing his job in the recession, taking up drunken residence in his car before embarking on a vision quest to Bali by way of Los Angeles and Yellowstone.
— Abbe Wright
Published 05/29/2013