Unforgettable new novella from the author of the modern classic "I Love Dick" — a witty and thorough exploration of fractured America, culminating in an investigation of a crime committed by teenagers.

In the ironworking region of northern Minnesota, at the end of the last decade, three teenagers shot and killed an older acquaintance after a day spent with him. In a cold, burned city, the three youths were quickly arrested and incarcerated. No one knows why they did it.

At the time of the murder, Catt Greene and her husband, Paul Garcia, live near a house they bought years earlier as a summer retreat from Los Angeles. They are experiencing a period of personal upheaval, moving between LA and Minnesota — between the urban art world and the rural poverty of the frozen Iron Range. Catt turns away from her own life and toward the case of the murder, which soon takes on an obsessive character. In her efforts to uncover the mystery surrounding the crime and understand the lives of the teenagers, Catt finds herself delving into the idiosyncratic, ambitious lives of her working-class parents in the Bronx and in the small town of Milford, Connecticut.

Written in three interconnected parts, "The Four Spent the Day Together" explores the stories of three generations of American lives and the recurring patterns observed across time, as well as the pressing comments on lives at the extremes.

Pages: 320, Dimensions: 13.5x13.5cm