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Heroic Measures: A Novel. By Jill Ciment. 208 pages. Pantheon. $23.
Heroic Measures
by Jill Ciment
The author of The Tattoo Artist explores chaos and gridlock in Manhattan.
Publisher’s Weekly called it “gripping”—and readers can now grip a copy of their own, as Jill Ciment’s new novel, Heroic Measures, hits shelves Tuesday. Sure to score rave reviews, much like her last novel, The Tattoo Artist, the new book is a testament to Ciment’s lauded writing style. The story, set in Manhattan, begins almost farcically, when a gas tanker gets stuck in the Midtown Tunnel, creating traffic gridlock and a local media blitz. Ciment navigates her characters through the chaos ignited by “Terror in the Tunnel,” the veterinarian’s office, and the world of real estate with a literary precision and tact rarely reserved for such material. Heroic Measures will delight eager fans awaiting Climent’s next work.
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