Scavengers: A Novel Jon Hickey Benjamín Labatut’s When We Cease

Benjamín Labatut’s When We Cease to Understand the World electrified a global readership

could find something that had harmed us

” writes Stephen King in the afterword to this magnificent new collection of twelve stories that delve into the darker part of life—both metaphorical and literal

built on the ashes of a bad one

about folly and grace

Scavengers: A Novel Jon Hickey Benjamín Labatut’s When We CeaseHacks meets Rebecca Makkai in this rollicking novel about a cautious daughter and her eccentric, estranged mother venturing west in search of buried treasureand a way back to each otherbefore they run out of patience, money, and options After being fired for taking an uncharacteristic risk at her commodities trading job, Bea Macon sublets her New York apartment and books a one way ticket to stay with her mother, Christy, a free spirit who has been