Lost City Radio

‘LostCityRadio’isapoignantanddeeplymovingnovelfromapromisingnewauthor,whichlooksintenselyatwar'sdamagingeffectonsocietyandtheindividual.Eversincethecivilwarthattookherhusbandended,Normahasbeenthevoiceofconsolationtoapeoplebrokenbyviolence.Everyweek,bereftfamilieslistentoherradioshowasshereadsoutthenamesofthemissing,thosewhovanishedintheclamourandbrutalityofthedrawn-outconflict,withthehopeofreunitingthefewsurvivorswiththeirfamilies.Successesarefew;hertruegiftistheofferofhope.Althoughherfaceisunknowntoherlisteners,hernameandspiritarecelebratedbyawaywardnationsearchingforaguidingforce.Butherlifeisforeverchangedwhenayoungboyfromajunglevillageentersherradiostudioandprovidesaconnectiontothehusbandshethoughtlost–thehusbandshehasnotseenfortenyearssincedepartingforthewar.Herstoryandthosetangledupinitrevealacountryinflux,desperatelyseekingsignsoflife,andreasonstocontinue,amongstpainanduncertainty.Stunning,timely,powerfulandabsolutelymesmerizing,‘LostCityRadio’probesthedeepestquestionsofwar:fromitswidereachingaffectonasocietytoitsintimateemotionalimpactoneverypersoninvolved.ThissearingyettenderfirstnovelmarksAlarcón'semergenceasanewvoiceinAmericanfiction,fully-formedandreadytobeheard.