Author: danieltorday

“Torday is a singular American writer with a big heart and a real love for the world. He has the rare gift for writing dynamic action scenes while being genuinely funny.” –George Saunders Bluegrass musician, former journalist and editor, and now PhD in English, Mark Brumfeld has arrived at his thirties with significant debt and no steady prospects. His girlfriend Cassie–a punk bassist in an … bassist in an all-female band, who fled her Midwestern childhood for a new identity–finds work at a “new media” company. When Cassie refuses his marriage proposal, Mark leaves New York and returns to the…