← Atticus LishThe Mercy of Godby Atticus LishFind on Amazon↗About the authorAtticus LishAmerican novelist whose experimental debut Preparation for the Next Life won the Believer Book Award. His fiction is maximalist and verbally overwhelming. He is an important figure in the tradition of American literary excess.More by Atticus LishPeruNovel following a man navigating depression and class struggle in Brooklyn→Preparation for the Next LifeInterconnected lives of an undocumented immigrant and a military veteran in New York→The Difficulty of Being Jewish→