Heroes

"Ray Robertson is an irrepressible voice, with brass balls and a heart of gold."—Jonathan Evison

Peter Bayle—heavy drinker, philosopher, scholar, anemic lover—is in Kansas, writing a feature on middle America''s newfound love for hockey. There he meets a morphine-injecting reverend, a reviled reporter, and a drug salesman; obsessed by his self-destructive new friends, Bayle abandons the project and...