Hope and Wild Panic

<p>With no real plot to speak of and an amorphous form <em>Hope and Wild Panic</em> is a book that defies categorization and concise catchy jacket copy. It's a collection of microfiction or it's a novel-in-stories or it's something else. Neither. Both. Doesn't matter. It's about a guy who is forever out of place in his adopted town even if he's a regular at the Piggly Wiggly. It's about a guy who really loves his wife.</p><p><br></p><p>This book is what you might call voice-driven fiction and the voice is sublime. Wry. Thoughtful. Strange. Sean Ennis is a master. With the short page count and ample white space <em>Hope and Wild Panic</em> presents as a quick read but the force of the sentences will slow you down. 80 stories. 202 pages. One magnificent book.</p>