A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF 2023amp160amp8226 One of CBC Books Best Books of 2023amp160amp8226 One of the Globe 100s Best Books of 2023quotTo say Heighton is an immensely talented writer is true enough but insufficient As good a writer as Canada has ever producedquotNational PostThe unforgettable last collection by the bestselling author of The Shadow BoxerA man recalls his fathers advice on how to save a drowning person but struggles when the time comes to use it A wifes good deed leaves a couple vulnerable at the moment when theyamp8217re most in need of securityamp8212the birth of their first child Newly in love a man preoccupied by accounts of freak accidents is befallen by one himself In stories about love and fear idealisms and illusions failures of muscle and mind and all the ways we try to care for one another Steven Heightonamp8217s Instructions for the Drowning is an indelible last collection by a writer working at the height of his powers
