This Is Where the Serpent Lives a middle-aged cancer patient walks

a middle-aged cancer patient walks into the woods to commit suicide

and healing isn't predictable

and recipes

"--John Mark Comer

striving characters behind Vogue

This Is Where the Serpent Lives a middle-aged cancer patient walksA stunning new work from universally acclaimed Daniyal Mueenuddin, whose debut short story collection won the Story Prize and was a finalist for the Los Angeles Book Prize, the National Book Award, and the Pulitzer Prize. THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE. NAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2026: Town & Country, Bustle, AARP, Kirkus Moving from Pakistan's dazzling chaotic cities to its lawless feudal countryside, This Is Where the Serpent