From Booker-shortlisted Irish author, two families living the dream in small town America are forced to confront their guilty secrets in the aftermath of a shocking death. In the opening sequence of Michael Collins's bravura new novel, a woman in her sixties drives off a highway into a lake, setting in chain a tragic series of events. Some weeks before, Helen Price had been diagnosed with cancer. When she decides to take her life, the real nature of her marriage is uncovered. Hidden in her past is the evidence of a long secret affair with the man who used to be her boss, Chicago businessman and pillar of the community Theodore Feldman. It's left to the sons of both families, Norman Price and Nate Feldman, to search for the truth about the puzzling relationship between the two, unaware of the devastating effect their search will have upon themselves. Set in Chicago, in the midst of the financial crisis of 2008, The Death of All Things Seen is a deeply moving novel about complex identities and the fragility of humanity.
