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The second novel from Iowa M.F.A. Catherine Park, THE THICK DARKNESS is a journey into the wild, where two former drug dealers attempt to turn their lives around by entering ?civilian? life as respectable taxpaying business owners on opposite coasts of the country. Vuong, the amoral, practical one, becomes as rapacious in the service business as he was on the drug trafficking scene, while Turkiewicz, the broken-down ex-junkie, can?t outrun the past but finds redemption when he meets the love of his life. At times heartbreaking and at times hilarious, both crude and profound, THE THICK DARKNESS will change your mind about what awaits you when you enter the dark places of your life. Catherine Park received an M.F.A. from the Iowa Writer?s Workshop, where she was awarded a James Michener-Paul Engle Fellowship. Ms. Park received a B.A. from Yale University, and J.D. from Duke University School of Law. Ms. Park is a lawyer in Washington, D.C.