So you know, I've been all, "Brian Moore's The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne is one of the great heartbreaking novels of the 20th Century" for years now, and while you've always said, "You know, that Balk is not only devilishly handsome and a charming raconteur but someone whose cultural recommendations have never failed to make me feel satisfied, smarter and frankly better about myself as a person," you have then completely forgotten to pick it up. I get it. Stuff happens. Life gets in the way. The world is full of distractions. That is why, right now, I want you to stop what you're doing and click on [...]

Good news! The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne, Brian Moore's 1955 debut, is finally back in print. I've mentioned just how great this novel is before, so if you've never read it you're out of excuses. Do it.