While hunting a wolf in 1940s New Mexico, a man stumbles across a rural crime scene and discovers a curious anchorite who bequeaths him with something he'd been seeking his whole life; a runaway teen in search of drugs with which to commit suicide discovers that life may be worth living after all when he comes across someone who wants him dead; a reprobate embarks on a surreal odyssey to retrieve heroin, hoping that it will unite his fallen relationship. As these characters, whose lives are often a quarter-turn out of level lash out like a thunderclap at the world around them, they either find redemption, or utter ruin.

A gripping debut book from a writer to watch, Wickedness and Folly will haunt readers with its unique voice and engrossing style.