"Tom Drury's prose is quietly heartbreaking, laugh-out-loud funny, and always, absolutely convincing. The End of Vandalism marks the beginning of a distinguished American career."
—Jayne Anne Phillips, Pulitzer Prize- winning author of Night Watch

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“Brilliant, wonderfully funny . . . It’s hard to think of any novel—let alone a first novel—in which you can hear the people so well. This is indeed deadpan humor, and Tom Drury is its master.”
—Annie Dillard, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Pilgrim at Tinker Creek and For the Time Being