Following the violent death of his father, Gershwin Burr descends into a seemingly inescapable depression until, not-so-accidentally, he discovers a remedy for his condition: he steals a book and finds his mood has lightened. Before long, he&rsquo;s stealing indiscriminately while refining his skills as a professional thief and amassing a small fortune.<br /><br />Despite mounting pressure from his wife to go straight and from his own tortured conscience, he can&rsquo;t find the desire or motivation to change. Uncertain about how to proceed, the matter is taken out of his hands when his secret is betrayed by someone whose identity is a mystery to him.<br /><br />Arrested, charged, convicted and jailed, his search for repentance and for the identity of the person responsible for his demise, leave him in a state of perpetual unrest. That is, until the final day of his sentence, when the answers he&rsquo;s been seeking are at last revealed to him.<br /><br />Beautifully written and evocative, this novel contrasts the reverberations of trauma with long-held, often misguided, notions of who is, and is not, worthy of redemption.