John Wray's critically acclaimed new novel Lowboy is about a 16-year-old schizophrenic who has wandered away from the mental hospital into the subway tunnels believing that the world will end within a few hours and that only he can save it.
Listen to the entire interview here.
http://www.wnyc.org/shows/lopate/episodes/2009/03/27/segments/127260
number 10 on the new yorkers books of the year. made me respect the new yorker again.
oldhacks 1 year ago