"Beautiful, melancholic and eerily quiet every time the thunder finishes rolling." After the Flood. Dead End Follies. Appreciations. Endless.

Totally. And massively too. Excerpt? Word.

"The Chicago-based author's quiet brand of domestic tragedy, often best portrayed in his collections of short stories, treats you like fine wine: it gets better as you both get older, and After the Flood might be his finest yet."