Has anyone read anything by this US author? I just finished The Day I First Believed, which is an absolute beast of a book (700 odd pages)but gripping enough to be read in just a week. It centres around a college lecturer and his wife, who gets caught up in the Colombine High School massacre and suffers from PTSD afterwards. There are lots of layers to the story, including a historical thread, and it's very cleverly done. I was put onto this one by my sister, who is a huge fan of his. Just wondered if anyone else had come across him?

I haven't read any of his work but what a faboulous name

Another one for the book list!

Ooh yes! Just read She's Come Undone, charity shop find cos of the title, and it really did grip me, and I was convinced it must have been written by a woman, and was really genuinely impressed it was by a bloke. Very strange book and really sometimes I had to take a deep breath and go for it, rather than being desperate to read it, but definitely has stayed with me. I'll take a look at the new one, thanks for reminding me about this author.

I was in Waterstones this afternoon and the paperback of the one I've just read is out. And I swear it is about a quarter of the size....I feel I really must say this: WTF?


It's Hour I First Believed, by the way.

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Anna, he seems to be huge in the US but relatively unknown here...

Caroline, have you looked at the thread below? New addition.

YES! She's come undoneIt was brilliant - and another I can't recall the title just now - will go and look at the shelves later. He's a fabulous writer.

Oh my email thingie has gone awry.
Must check out some more WL, methinks...

Jem, which thread did you mean?

Hmm.....I think I read another WL a bit too soon after the last one. I've just finished I Know This Much is True, which was an absolute beast of almost 900 pages and had quite a lot of similarities to THIFB. Too many, in fact.

He's very talented though. This one rather bravely had an unlikeable MC, which I don't dislike on principle, but is a problem when you're with the bugger for such a long time!

Ooh I nearly bought the Columbine one in Smiths the other day. He sounds very interesting.