The Cross Country Runner

Dubus's] stories is at the service of something outside itself ... often we forget we are reading sentences but are put rather into more direct connection with the character’s thoughts and feelings. —William Pritchard, The Boston Globe How rare it is these days to encounter characters with wills, with a sense of choice. —John Updike on Voices from the Moon, New Yorker "Rose," by itself, is worth the price of the book; it is the most powerful entry in Dubus's impressive canon. —Time on The Last Worthless Evening