Tim O'Brien is the one American author whose works I look forward to the most. His new novel's ironic depiction of a post-Iraq war, mid-covid, and mid-Trump world is piercing and razor-sharp. -Haruki Murakami. An American Master returns- the author of The Things They Carried delivers his first new novel in two decades, a brilliant and rollicking odyssey, in which a bank robbery sparks " a satirical romp through a country plagued by deceit " (Kirkus, starred review)Named one of Fall 2023's most anticipated books- New York Times, Associated Press, Esquire, Kirkus, Goodreads, LitHub, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, and more. At 11-34 a.m. one Saturday in August 2019, Boyd Halverson strode into Community National Bank in Northern California." How much is on hand, would you say? " he asked the teller." I'll want it all." " You're robbing me? " He revealed a Temptation. 38 Special. The teller, a diminutive redhead named Angie Bing, collected eighty-one thousand dollars. Boyd stuffed the cash into a paper grocery bag." I'm sorry about this, " he said, " but I'll have to ask you to take a ride with me " .