Cherry

A couple who meet in college marry before the husband ships out to Iraq, returning with profound PTSD alleviated by the opioid crisis, and descending into heroin addiction with his wife - financing a normal life through bank robbery. A bleakly funny debut written on a prison typewriter.

Nico Walker is originally from Cleveland. He served as a medic on more than 250 missions in Iraq. Currently he has two more years to serve of an eleven-year sentence for bank robbery. Cherry is his debut novel.