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Its location in Ohio denies Akron a coastline, save in the imaginative landscapes inhabited by the collection of singular eccentrics who populate this ambitious first novel. Chief among those who are, well, coasting through life in the Rust Belt is charismatic Lowell Haven, a popular artist whose international fame is based on an oeuvre consisting almost entirely of self-portraits and whose mysterious decision to stop working has intrigued the art world for years. Where Lowell is, there resides Fergus,...Log In or Sign Up to Read More