Aftermath: A Novel - Rilegato

“[A] moving study of class division and its tension . . . Often heartbreaking and sometimes shocking, [Aftermath] is an intense, harrowing look at not only an ugly crime but also its agonizing consequences.”
–Library Journal (starred review)
“Shawver painstakingly strips away layers of denial and collusion, painting a depressingly realistic picture of ‘class warfare’ and moral instability in everyday America. There are partial echoes of Jane Hamilton’s A Map of the World and Rosellen Brown’s Tender Mercies, but Shawver knows his territory and characters, and his workmanlike thoroughness gives this sad story heartwrenching intensity.”
–Kirkus Reviews
Powerful and moving...Aftermath creates an impressive story of loss and love within the story of the effects of brutality."
–The Kansas City Star
"Aftermath is a moving, absorbing novel. Brian Shawver is a wonderful, elegant writer, with a fine moral sense and an arresting, compassionate ability to understand people in crisis."
–Patricia Duncker, author of Hallucinating Foucault

Brian Shawver teaches creative writing at Missouri State University.