![]() ![]() Not long after, he walks into a forest and slits his wrist. And eventually that’s exactly what happens, though it doesn’t involve two kids in a motorless boat at sea. New York Times Book Review From a Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalist, a ferociously. John’s goal, it seems, is to prepare his children for a worst case scenario. With Imagine Me Gone, Haslett has reached another level. Imagine me gone, their father tells them. “Imagine me gone, imagine it’s just the two of you,” he instructs his children. ![]() It concerns a couple, Margaret and John, who marry despite Johns crippling. He decides to give them a test-he kills the engine of the boat, lies down and closes his eyes. Imagine Me Gone is a 2016 novel by American author and novelist Adam Haslett. ![]() The title of Adam Haslett’s unforgettable second novel comes from a scene early in the book, when John, a businessman who has struggled most of his life with mental illness, embarks on a boat trip with his two youngest children, Celia and Alec. Today, NBCC board member Michael Schaub offers an appreciation of Adam Haslett’s Imagine Me Gone (Little, Brown). In the 30 Books in 30 Days series leading up to the March 16 announcement of the 2016 National Book Critics Circle award winners, NBCC board members review the 30 finalists. ![]()
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