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Matt Bell’s second novel delves into a much more realistic vein than [In the House upon the Dirt between the Lake and the Woods] while still retaining Bell’s expert dissection of his preferred themes. It follows a troubled man salvaging scrap metal from abandoned homes in contemporary Detroit. When he saves a child’s life, the event sets him on a troubling path, and awakens a set of unsettling memories.