Scott O’Connor. Simon & Schuster, $26 (320p) ISBN 978-1-4767-1659-6
O’Connor takes one of the more reprehensible chapters in CIA history—the drug-induced MKULTRA mind-control experiments of the 1950s and ’60s—as fodder for his sluggish second novel (after 2011’s Untouchable). In 1956, agency analyst Henry March,...
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Scott O’Connor. Scout, $24.99 (256p) ISBN 978-1-5072-0405-4
Ordinary Californians struggle to find meaning and connection in this malaise-filled story cycle from O’Connor (Half World). Whether struggling to get on The Price is Right (“Golden State”), worrying about some postbreakup weight gain (“Jane’s Wife”)
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Scott O’Connor, read by Bronson Pinchot. Blackstone Audio, unabridged, 10 CDs, 12 hrs., $32.95 ISBN 978-1-4551-1020-9
Bronson Pinchot proves the perfect choice to narrate this novel of grief, sorrow, and recovery. Eleven-year-old Whitley Darby—known as “The Kid”—refuses to accept his mother’s death. Instead, he convinces himself that she’s alive and will eventually
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Scott O’Connor. Counterpoint, $26 (320p) ISBN 978-1-64009-373-7
O’Connor’s harrowing, dexterous thriller (after the collection A Perfect Universe) delves into the impact of an art installation on a group of emotionally disturbed characters. In 1977, Los Angeles installation artist Jess Shepard processes the...
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