Morning Dark A Novel [Paperback]

Morning Darkis a story of three generations of men, each consumed by the memories of war and violence. Big Walt is a WWII hero, his son Walt a Vietnam veteran, and Walt's nephew Tom Jane a thirty-year-old career soldier now dishonorably discharged. When Walt, drawn into a harrowing situation on unfamiliar soil, needs rescue, so Tom must forfeit his failure and grief and rescue his desperate relative. The dangerous trip may be his only chance at salvation.

An uncompromising novel about what the rough striving of our darkest selves has brought us to at the opening of the 21st century. AndMorning Darkis a hell of an exciting read to boot. Robert Olen Butler

[An] unsparring vision...William Faulkner is supposed to have said that all great American novels are about sons looking for fathers. He would have found much to recognize and admire in Daniel Buckman's Morning Dark. Tom Nolan,San Francisco Chronicle

Buckman is a master of character development and interpersonal analysis, and his slice-of-life tale of family dysfunction is right on target. Many men will identify with this family as they struggle to save themselves from the war still raging within. Library Journal (starred review)

A painfully beautiful saga...exceptional writing compels the reader on to the last page. This is a book that won't be easily forgotten. Booklist

DANIEL BUCKMAN was a paratrooper in the U.S. Army. He is also the author of the novelsWater in DarknessandThe Names of Rivers(Picador). He lives in Chicago.