Synopses & Reviews
Splitting time between a garbage-strewn apartment and an overly affectionate hot dog vendor, the observant thirteen-year-old who stands steadily at the center of Here They Come gives lyrical voice to an unforgettable instant1970s New York, stifling, violent, and full of life. Balanced between her enigmatic siblings, borderline parents, and a quiet sense of the surreal, she recounts a year of vivid, mundane moments with dark humor and deadpan resilience. By Yannick Murphy, author of the New York Times Notable Book Sea of Trees.
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"Yannick Murphy's long-awaited Here They Come is a unique combination of rare linguistic lyricism with brutal and brilliant prose. It is an unrelenting portrait of family, terrifying for its honesty, its willingness to be ugly and elegant. Haunting." A.M. Homes, author of The Safety of Objects and The End of Alice
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"This is a hell of a book. You might not be able to finish Here They Come in one sitting, but it will haunt you till you do. What detail! What characters! I can imagine both Jane Austen and Raymond Carver pouring over this masterly novel." Frank McCourt, author of Angela's Ashes
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"Not intended as a realistic portrait of troubled family life, this readable work is successful on its own terms, at once funny and sad." Library Journal
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"This bizarre mixture of naturalism and surrealism is intriguing and well written enough to hold the reader's attention, but its meaning will remain a mystery for most." Booklist
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"Most impressive of all is Murphy's remarkable use of language, the expressive way she puts together ordinary words and images to create surprisingly lovely and moving metaphors." Los Angeles Times