From

by Nick Cave, to be published in September 2009 by Faber and Faber, Inc., an affiliate of Farrar, Straus and Giroux, LLC. Copyright © 2009 by Nick Cave. All rights reserved.

Nick Cave is this guy from Australia who sang in a couple of different bands. The first one was kind of gothy and raucous; the second one was kind of rocky and gothous. He has long black hair and incredible cheekbones.

In 1989, he published a novel called

, a Faulkner-style story about a mute boy growing up with an abusive family in a town filled with people who hate him. Now, 20 years later, Farrar, Straus and Giroux will be publishing his second novel,

, about a philandering womanizer whose wife commits suicide, leading him and his son to take a road trip around the south coast of England. The following excerpt begins at Mrs. Munro’s funeral.

The

starlings are circling

Man, where did that come from

Woman’s Hour.

will be available from Farrar, Straus and Giroux in September 2009 for $25. Buy it at fsgbooks.com or deathofbunnymunro.com.

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