“Dazzling…. Vann knows the darkness but he writes from the compassionate light of art. This is an essential book.” —Robert Olen Butler, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of *A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain* “Exceptional….An unflinching portrait of bad faith and bad dreams.” —Ron Rash, author of *Burning Bright * Set against the backdrop of Alaska’s unforgiving wilderness, *Caribou Island* is David Vann’s dark and captivating tale of a marriage pulled apart by rage and regret. With this eagerly anticipated debut novel, a masterful follow-up to his internationally bestselling short fiction anthology, *Legend of a Suicide* , Vann takes up the mantle of Louise Erdrich, Marilyn Robinson, and Rick Moody, delivering a powerfully wrought, enthrallingly emotional narrative of struggle and isolation.