Debut novelist Gianopoulos (actress Molly Ringwald鈥檚 husband) hits the literary scene with this novel about a man desperate to escape his loneliness and regret. After losing his marriage and career to a love affair, Marcus visits an old high school friend in the outskirts of North Carolina, where he seeks redemption in a series of gut-wrenching situations culminating in a deer hunt that forces him to confront his demons. 鈥淚t鈥檚 about modern men and the quest for identity and displacement in the world,鈥 says Nelson. 鈥淚t鈥檚 middle-aged angst.鈥