McSweeney's Books

Where the Candles Are Kept

$16.00

McSweeney's Books

Where the Candles Are Kept

$16.00
  • Description

The fifth short novella or long short story in Dave Eggers's The Forgetters series.

Oisâin Mahoney, in his early seventies, lives off the grid in rural Idaho, at the bast of a steep pine-covered mountain. In his tilted cabin, he has no room for Calla and Torin, his grand-niece and grand-nephew, two seemingly sullen California teenagers sent to him one summer. But crises in in their lives at home necessitate time away, to live a slower, less complicated life for a spell. Within minutes of landing at the airport, though, the teenagers begin plotting their escape. In this suspenseful and wry short story, Oisâin and Calla and Torin are forced to decide who and what they care about, and if they have any role in the saving of a life. 

Author: Dave Eggers
Publisher: McSweeney's
Page Count: 72pp
Size: 5.25 x 7.25
Notes: hardcover
Release Date: November 26, 2024
ISBN: 978-1963270037