A.M. Homes
American novelist and short-story writer whose transgressive fiction probes the dark underside of American suburbia. The Safety of Objects and Music for Torching are among her most celebrated works. She is a key figure in the dark suburban fiction of the 1990s and 2000s.
Works
- Music for TorchingA married couple descends into violence and psychological disintegration
- In a Country of MothersWoman searches for her stolen daughter through motherhood and estrangement
- The Safety of ObjectsCharacters find meaning and trauma through their everyday possessions
- May We Be ForgivenA man inherits a life not his own following his lover's disappearance
- This Book Will Save Your LifeAdvice manual disguised as novel about finding true purpose