Sidewalk Dance

In Sidewalk Dance, a gritty coming-of-age novel by the author of Glass Bottle Season, Fisher embarks on a desperate quest to become a New York playwright, leaving behind his privileged life at Yale Law School. Haunted by his brother's death in Afghanistan and struggling with trauma, he adopts the name Fish and immerses himself in the chaotic arts scene of New York City. As he grapples with delusions of grandeur, self-doubt, and addiction, his idealism clashes with harsh reality, leading him into a spiral of isolation and identity crisis, all while he clings to the hope that staging his play might redeem him.