The Outcast Missing Someone

This was an enjoyable and thought provoking read. I stalled a bit at one point early on trying to figure out where things were going and what was going on. Shortly after the book turned around completely and I just could put it down or believe what I was reading. In the matter of a few page turns the whole book changed completely. I don't want to mention much of anything about the storyline itself for fear of giving anything away. This book really makes you look at things from a different prospe

David Biesty has created a rich and realistic world filled with a colorful cast of characters who are doing their best to survive in New York City. The book explores fate and grief and the strength and resiliency of the human condition. We grow to love the conflicted and complicated narrator and to fall along with him every time he gets knocked flat on his back. I didn’t want to put the book down, but instead rushed toward the unexpected yet highly satisfying and somehow inevitable ending. This

This is an interesting debut novel. For 1/2 of the book, I wondered where it was going and thought about stopping several times. Why I didn’t stop, I am not sure but glad that I stayed wit it. The lead character, Dan, tells the story and it is like he is sitting right in front of me as I read the words. Sad, at times, but feels like real life.