Wilkinson, Joshua Marie: Trouble Finds You

Fonograf Editions, paperback Publication Date: September 12, 2023 Publisher Marketing: The debut novel by renowned poet and editor Joshua Marie Wilkinson, TROUBLE FINDS YOU is a taut work of narrative fiction that deftly balances comedy and drama, mystery and tenderness. A revelatory work by a writer moving into completely new ground for himself. To say Harry Stables’s life has hit a bit of a low patch lately is an understatement. In his mid-20s, he’s been kicked out of his MFA program for fighting, his ex-girlfriend turned down his spur-of-the-moment marriage proposal, and he’s spent the last ten days in his dad’s falling-down Montana fishing cabin with his dog Greta trying to find out how his mother really died when he was a baby, something his father – now dying himself of cancer – has refused to tell either him or his sister their whole lives. On top of all this, he’s just been to a party outside Missoula where he received a nasty dog bite and where he may have been an accessory to