Tom Drury

The End of Vandalism is a 1994 novel by American author Tom Drury. It was serialized heavily in The New Yorker magazine prior to publication, and earned Drury a distinction from Granta magazine as one of the best American novelists under forty. In 2006, the Grove/Atlantic press reissued the novel with an introduction …

From the award-winning author of The End of Vandalism. “Equal parts heist caper, ghost story and romance . . . in prose that is spare and sly.” (The New York Times) Set in the rugged region of the Midwest that gives the novel its title, The Driftless Area is the story of Pierre Hunter, a young bartender with unfailing …

The End of Vandalism is a 1994 novel by American author Tom Drury. It was serialized heavily in The New Yorker magazine prior to publication, and earned Drury a distinction from Granta magazine as one of the best American novelists under forty. In 2006, the Grove/Atlantic press reissued the novel with an introduction …