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So Far Gone is the newest book from Jess Walter, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Beautiful Ruins.
The National Book Award finalist visits the Lafayette Library to share his much-awaited eighth novel, So Far Gone, the keenly observed, salient, and sharply funny story of a journalist who, after seven years living off the grid, returns to “civilization” to rescue his kidnapped grandchildren.

After punching his conspiracy-theorist son-in-law in the mouth, Rhys Kinnick chucks his smartphone out a car window and flees to a cabin in the woods. But the real world eventually finds its way to him when his daughter goes missing and his grandchildren are taken by a dangerous militia. Accompanied by his caustic ex-girlfriend, a bipolar retired detective, and a friend who’s furious with him, Kinnick embarks on a comic, chaotic journey through America’s fractured cultural landscape, coming face to face with violent extremists, as well as the failures of his own life.

Ann Patchett writes, "I loved this book and marveled how Jess Walter managed to build such a warm, funny, loving novel out of so many horrible parts. It's an American original."

So Far Gone

Jess Walter

By Lafayette Library and Learning Center Foundation

Jess Walter

Lafayette Library and Learning Center Foundation Presents