The New York Times bestselling author of The Silver Linings Playbook offers a timely novel featuring his most fascinating character yet, a Vietnam vet embarking on an idealistic crusade to track down his nemesis from the war.

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Praise for The Reason You’re Alive: “Surprising....At the core of the novel is the voice of David Granger, a combination of Archie Bunker and Marlow of Conrad’s Heart of Darkness....A valuable addition to fiction about the tangled aftereffects of Vietnam on soldiers in the field.” (Kirkus)

About the Author: Matthew Quick is the New York Times bestselling author of several novels, including The Silver Linings Playbook, which was made into an Oscar-winning film, The Good Luck of Right Now and Love May Fail. His work has been translated into more than 30 languages and has received a PEN/Hemingway Award Honorable Mention, among other accolades. He lives with his wife on North Carolina’s Outer Banks.