Marine Park

<b><b><i>-</i> Recipient of a 2015 PEN/Hemingway Award Honorable Mention <i>-</i></b> <p/>Chiusano . . . [has] formidable talents. It will be worth watching what he does when he leaves the neighborhood.<b>--John Williams <i>The New York Times </i> <p/><b></b>[A] cult classic. <b>--</b><i>Our Town</i></b> <p/>An astute lively and heartfelt debut story collection by an exciting new voice in contemporary fiction</b> <p/>Marine Park--in the far reaches of Brooklyn train-less and tourist-free--finds its literary chronicler in Mark Chiusano. Chiusano's dazzling stories delve into family boyhood sports drugs love and all the weird quirks of growing up in a tight-knit community on the edge of the city. In the tradition of Junot Díaz's <i>Drown</i> Stuart Dybek's <i>The Coast of Chicago</i> and Russell Banks's <i>Trailerpark</i> this is a poignant and piercing collection--announcing the arrival of a distinct new voice in American fiction.