Big Ray A Novel Author:Michael Kimball Big Ray?s temper and obesity define him. When Big Ray dies, his son feels mostly relief, dismissing his other emotions. Yet years later, the adult son must reckon with the outsized presence of his father?s memory. This stunning novel, narrated in more than five hundred brief entries, moves between past and present, between his father?s death and... more » his life, between an abusive childhood and an adult understanding. Shot through with humor and insight that will resonate with anyone who has experienced a complicated parental relationship, Big Ray is a staggering family story?at once brutal and tender, sickening and beautiful.« less
Stunning! It is written in little paragraphs, little bits of memory. It's quick and easy to read but impossible to forget. I had to keep reassuring myself that it's a novel, not the author's actual observances.