Penalties of June

The millennium is drawing to a close. Pratt, a young Floridian who's just finished a prison sentence he both did and didn't deserve, is looking to start a new life. But will he be able to shake his shady past? Brimming with tension, action, wry dialogue, and unexpected pathos, Penalties of June is John Brandon's sixth book published by McSweeney's. With his distinct feel for the underbelly of his home state of Florida, Brandon takes readers into the forbidding corners of the Tampa Bay area--unsavory motels, secondhand shops, no-frills diners, and dubious used-car lots. Pratt navigates crime bosses and drug dealers on a perilous mission, his steed a trusty (if creaky) Chrysler LeBaron. Faced with an impossible choice, and the prospect of finally finding love after years behind bars, Pratt risks it all for a chance at making things right.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: McSweeney's
Published: 11/26/2024
ISBN: 9781963270075
Pages: 250
Weight: 1.16lbs
Size: 8.80h x 6.35w x 1.05d

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 10/07/2024
Kirkus Reviews 11/01/2024
Booklist 11/01/2024 pg. 22