Dante's Indiana

Middle-aged, married, but living on his own, Prin has lost his way. Desperate for money and purpose, he moves to small-town Indiana to work for an evangelical millionaire who's building a theme park inspired by Dante'sInferno. He quickly becomes involved in the difficult lives of his co-workers and in the wider struggles of their opioid-ravaged community while trying to reconcile with his distant wife and distant God. Both projects spin out of control, and when a Black teenager is killed, creationists, politicians and protesters alike descend. In the midst of this American chaos, Prin risks everything to help the lost and angry souls around him while searching for his own way home.

FollowingOriginal Prin, aNew York Times Book ReviewEditor's Choice andGlobe and MailBest Book,Dante's Indianais affecting and strange, intimate and big-heartedan extraordinary journey through the darkly divine comedies of our time. (From Biblioasis)

RandyBoyagoda is the author of six books, includingGovernor of the Northern Province,Beggar's FeastandOriginal Prin. He has been nominated for the Scotiabank Giller Prize and the Dublin Literary Award.Boyagoda is a columnist on CBC Radio'sThe Next Chapterand an English professor at the University of Toronto.

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