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Await Your Reply (Hardcover)

By: Dan Chaon (Author)

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"Deftly balancing the three disparate stories, Chaon explores the role of technology on his characters' quests along with the theme of self-imposed isolation and its effects on the psyche....The novel's powerful conclusion reads like a series of explosions that tie the stories together in ways even the most astute reader couldn't have predicted. Chaon's fans will be deeply satisfied by this book, and those who've never read him will get a riveting introduction to one of the great literary minds of our day."

"[AWAIT YOUR REPLY]...succeeds as brilliantly as the short stories that have won [Chaon] a National Book Award nomination, a Pushcart Prize, an O. Henry Award and an Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters....Don't read anything (except this) about Dan Chaon's mesmerizing new novel, AWAIT YOUR REPLY. You need to step into this work of psychological suspense completely unprepared for what lurks in here....[M]ysteries lurk in this hypnotic novel that you'll never guess."

"AWAIT YOUR REPLY is a riveting thriller, chock-full of plot twists, and a sober meditation on the erosion of identity in the age of technology....Much of the pleasure of the book resides in the reader's attempts to figure out how these disparate stories fit together. There's a bristling momentum that develops, as in any great tale of suspense....It's a jolt of adrenaline with a strong dose of existential dread, an eerie snapshot of what we lose, and what we risk, when we turn away from those who love us."

"Chaon deftly interweaves a trio of story lines, showcasing his characters' individuality by threading subtle connections between and among them with effortless finesse, all the while invoking the complexities of what's real and what's fake with mesmerizing brilliance." (starred review)

"By Page 200, I was...completely hooked--a credit both to Chaon's intricate and suspenseful plotting and to some of the most paranoid material to hit American literature since Don DeLillo's WHITE NOISE."

Publisher's note

While Miles pursues elusive letters and clues in a perpetual search for his missing twin, Ryan struggles with the discovery that he is adopted, and Lucy finds her daring escape from her hometown posing unexpectedly dangerous consequences. By a National Book Award-nominated author.

While Miles pursues elusive letters and clues in a perpetual search for his missing twin, Ryan struggles with the discovery that he is adopted, and Lucy finds her daring escape from her hometown posing unexpectedly dangerous consequences. By a National Book Award-nominated author.

The varied lives of three strangers interconnect in unforeseen ways-and with unexpected consequences-in acclaimed author Dan Chaon's gripping, brilliantly written new novel.
Longing to get on with his life, Miles Cheshire nevertheless can't stop searching for his troubled twin brother, Hayden, who has been missing for ten years. Hayden has covered his tracks skillfully, moving stealthily from place to place, managing along the way to hold down various jobs and seem, to the people he meets, entirely normal. But some version of the truth is always concealed.
A few days after graduating from high school, Lucy Lattimore sneaks away from the small town of Pompey, Ohio, with her charismatic former history teacher. They arrive in Nebraska, in the middle of nowhere, at a long-deserted motel next to a dried-up reservoir, to figure out the next move on their path to a new life. But soon Lucy begins to feel quietly uneasy.
"My whole life is a lie," thinks Ryan Schuyler, who has recently learned some shocking news. In response, he walks off the Northwestern University campus, hops on a bus, and breaks loose from his existence, which suddenly seems abstract and tenuous. Presumed dead, Ryan decides to remake himself-through unconventional and precarious means.
Await Your Reply is a literary masterwork with the momentum of a thriller, an unforgettable novel in which pasts are invented and reinvented and the future is both seductively uncharted and perilously unmoored.

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Dan Chaon has built a solid critical reputation and a loyal, though limited, readership on the strength of a pair of extraordinarily expressive novels, AMONG THE MISSING and YOU REMIND ME OF ME. With AWAIT YOUR REPLY, Chaon will certainly extend his audience, and possibly even break through to a much deserved spot on the bestseller lists. The absorbing plot encompasses the disparate lives of three strangers, each of whom is struggling to claim some solid ground on which to forge an identity. Following graduation, 18-year-old Lucy Lattimore absconds with her history teacher, though their thoughts of romance are soon sunk by the anchor of his financial woes. Miles Cheshire is racking up the highway miles as he drives to Alaska in search of his missing twin brother, who is mentally deranged and may have been responsible for the death of their mother. Ryan Schuyler abruptly abandons his college education after finding out that he was adopted, and enters into the illicit business of identity theft with his real father. As he builds towards a revelatory climax, Chaon masterfully interlaces false trails and genuine hints of the significance of the story, distracting the reader from the overall structure with individual moments of dark splendor.

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