Join fellow fiction enthusiasts to discuss critically acclaimed novels. This class focuses on Buckeye (2025) by Patrick Ryan.
Acclaimed American authors such as Ann Napolitano, Richard Russo, and Alice McDermott are heaping praise for this small-town yet ambitious novel, the first that Ryan has penned for adults. The setting, the fictional town of Bonhomie, Ohio, is a microcosm of mid-century America, filled with reminders of World War II’s impact on the community. The plot revolves around two husband and wife couples and their children, tested by family secrets and crises of identity, unfolding over the course of the decades following the Allied victory. Interwoven narratives that shift perspectives between characters and time serve to foreshadow the repetition of generational history.
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