Description
A grieving father, Raymond Mathis, sets out to save his son from opiates after an overdose shatters his life—and soon realizes that the damage is larger than any one family. As the crisis tightens its grip across Southern Appalachia, the story moves through the lives of an addict and a DEA agent, revealing how addiction, enforcement, and desperation collide when institutions fail to protect the vulnerable. With David Joy’s gritty, character-driven style, the novel becomes both a high-stakes pursuit and a meditation on what communities lose when addiction accelerates cultural extinction. Told through multiple perspectives, it asks what it means to fight for someone you love when the world around you is burning.
Available Editions
paperback
Andre Deutsch
Published Jan 1, 2020
256 pages
ISBN: 9780233006390
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Details
First Published
2020
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for When These Mountains Burn by David Joy.