Chain Gang All Stars

Rarely have I appreciated an author's craft more: the story is spellbinding in part because the author clearly worked to make sure descriptions of action and details were lyrical and involving at the sentence level. Everything feels appropriate and essential for such a horrible story, not a word wasted. The audiobook is equally well done with versatile, gifted narrators. It's genre fiction, but it's also beautifully literary. I'll be thinking about it for a long time.