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| Author | Catherine Lacey |
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| Language | English |
| Publisher | Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
Publication date | 2014 |
Nobody Is Ever Missing is a 2014 debut novel by American writer Catherine Lacey published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
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| Author | Catherine Lacey |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
Publication date | 2014 |
Nobody Is Ever Missing is a 2014 debut novel by American writer Catherine Lacey published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
While working toward an MFA in non-fiction writing from Columbia University, Lacey worked on a book for four years, which she eventually abandoned. [1] After she stopped working on that book, she began working on short stories; she eventually turned these into Nobody Is Ever Missing. [1] Lacey had a breakthrough in writing from the point of view of the narrator and central character, Elyria, while writing a specific scene in which she was "narrating a letter to her husband". [2]
The book's title comes from the John Berryman poem "Dream Song 29", published in Berryman's collection The Dream Songs . [3]
According to literary review aggregator Book Marks, the novel received mostly reviews the site characterized as "Rave" and "Positive". [4]
In his review of Lacey's second novel, The Answers , Dwight Garner praised Nobody Is Ever Missing. [5] Garner wrote that strong debut novels make him wary of an author's ability to produce a sophomore work of similar quality but he ultimately found his worries about the quality of The Answers unfounded. [5]
In a review for The Guardian the novel was praised as "wry, surprising, and blackly funny." With the reviewer noting, "Lacey has produced a novel of uncomfortable power." [6]
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