"This densely atmospheric debut sinks its hooks deep into post-war America's tender underbelly, exposing the homophobia and bigotry beneath a nation's renewed spirit of hope and opportunity. Muriel and Julius are restless outsiders, siblings-in-law who share a passion for gambling as well as their more furtive passion. Both are trying to make their own opportunities to find love and happiness--a gamble that one will unexpectedly win and one will just as unexpectedly lose. An immersive and rewarding first novel."
--Karen Brissette, Shakespeare & Co., New York, NY