Big Ray

By: Michael Kimball

Narrated by: Mark Boyett

Big Ray's temper and obesity define him. When Big Ray dies, his son feels mostly relief, dismissing his other emotions. Yet years later, the adult son must reckon with the outsized presence of his father's memory. This stunning novel, narrated in more 500 brief entries, moves between past and present, between his father's death and his life, between an abusive childhood and an adult understanding.

Shot through with humor and insight that will resonate with anyone who has experienced a complicated parental relationship, Big Ray is a staggering family story-at once brutal and tender, sickening and beautiful.

©2012 Michael Kimball (P)2013 Audible, Inc.

Quick thought provoking read

I enjoyed the book. The story is sad and painful. Made me appreciate that my family was nowhere this dysfunctional