“Big Ray is a disgusting
man and a great character. He’s dead at the start of the
novel, and it’s impossible not to wish him deader. … Mr.
Kimball is not one to flinch”
-- The New York
Times
Oprah’s Book of the
Week
Praise for
Big
Ray
“Michael Kimball has been writing innovative, compelling
and beautifully felt books for years, but
Big Ray
seems a break-through and
culmination all at once. It's funny and terrifying and
it's his masterpiece, at least so far.”
-- Sam Lipsyte, author of
The Ask
“An uncompromising work of power and
grace. I finished reading it a week ago, but I still
can't put it down."
-- Jon McGregor, author of
This Isn’t the Sort of Thing That Happens to Someone
Like You