Before You GoHats off to that brave soul daring to write what might be called speculative literary fiction, and willing to venture answers to questions beyond even those of life & death. Tommy Butlers debut novel Before You Go has a big beating heart and a mind all its own. Joshua Ferris, author of The Dinner Party and Then We Came to the End A big, rich, life affirming debut that explores the most perplexing questions of existence: purpose, the pain of

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