![]() ![]() Rick’s high school girlfriend, Kaylyn Lynn, the prettiest and most popular, perhaps falls the deepest, into an abyss of drugs and poverty.ĭan Eaton also goes to war and is injured he perhaps is the best off in this haunted group. Stacey Moore, a scholarly student, finds her rebellious side with Lisa Han, who becomes her confidante and, later, her lover. Bill has agreed to deliver a small package he doesn’t know what’s in it, but he’s driving especially carefully because he’s high on LSD the whole trip, and the money will come in handy because he’s just been fired from his latest job. Now, in 2013, Bill is driving north from New Orleans to New Canaan, the Ohio town probably modeled after Markley’s hometown of Mount Vernon. Bill Ashcraft and Rick often were at odds, arguing viciously about politics. The other main characters are Rick’s classmates from New Canaan High School, some of whom attend the funeral. A flatbed trailer carries Rick’s casket, which is empty and due back to Walmart. It’s a funeral for Rick Brinklan, a local football star killed in Iraq. Stephen Markley’s debut novel "Ohio" begins with a parade, but it’s not the Fourth of July or the high school’s homecoming. ![]()
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