Probably the best novel of the year and the decade at least. Only on reading the authours thankk-you's at the end did I realise what she had based the story of DC on. (Because I've never read the earlier DC)

The first person past continuous account of his life and the community he lives in is very believable, interesting, engrossing. Even things that you have no experience of are understandable - the logic of the situation is impeccable.

The larger context - the illegal drug and prescription opiod pandemic in rural communities is highly topical. Ecological and political elements are there in the background as context but not in your face - the focus is totally on Demon's experience and story.

A sympathetic view of a world which we only know as the butt of jokes and cliches.