Miracle Man: A Novel

"I love the way Ben Schrank writes sentences: he flicks them like whips, so that they snap their tails with little cracks of truth. Schrank follows a logic that is surreal, surprising and all his own." -- Pagan Kennedy"In this rough and tumble coming of age novel, Kelly Minter must reconcile the idealism he has been raised with and the harsh realities of street level New York City. A stylish and intriguing first novel. Ben Schrank is definitely a young writer to watch." -- Blake Nelson, author of Girl"Incisive Ben Schrank conjures love as disconnection, an ache that feels filling, as a young man swallows an attraction, knowing that romance makes everything okay and also becomes an opportunity to hate closeness." -- Village Voice"The hero of Miracle Man, Martin Kelly Minter, is in a lot of ways a child of Holden Caufield. A mix of world-saving seriousness, naive criminality and green-gage sensuality, the boy is bound to get sand-bagged by the grown-up world... He is fresh and vital, uttering keen, occasionally brilliant commentary as he walks haplessly towards one open manhole after another." -- John Casey"The hero of Miracle Man, Martin Kelly Minter, is in a lot of ways a child of Holden Caulfield. A mix of world-saving seriousness, naive criminality and green-gage sensuality, the boy is bound to get sand-bagged by the grown-up world... He is fresh and vital, uttering keen, occasionally brilliant commentary as he walks haplessly towards one open manhole after another." -- John Casey"What's most refreshing about Schrank: He infuses his main character with pure, unbridled longing, which few writers in this aloof age allow themselves to do." -- Detour