Armin Wiebe

Prodigal Sons

Fiction

“At the outset, Prodigal Sons is a deceptively gentle, lightly satirical narrative, but one that steadily burrows into the seamy noir detail of small-town Mennonite life in Kansas. It also gives us the shadow side of Chicago preacher and sleuth, John Reimer. Something of a wayward son himself, Reimer is forced to confront his own unpredictable inclinations. In this gripping sequel to Unpardonable Sins, he solves a crime by using, and living, an inside-out prodigal son myth.”