The End of Vandalism

Blurb

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 by an unknown divinity student who'd been a fan of the book.
The novel was also chosen by GQ magazine as one of the 50 best of the last 50 years. It enjoys a cult status among fans of American Realism, small-town American Gothic, and the American vein of humor that includes such writers as Mark Twain and Charles Portis.