Adam Braver’s fiction takes place in moments of cultural upheaval. His 2003 debut, Mr. Lincoln’s Wars, portrays a mourning president dealing with both a nation on the brink of dissolution and the heartbreaking death of his son. November 22, 1963, published in 2008, brings an unexpected intimacy to the final day of Camelot. Braver’s seventh novel, Rejoice the Head of Paul McCartney, is nothing less than an investigation of humanity and forgiveness set in late-1960s California. The title refers to the theft of Paul McCartney’s head from a billboard on the Sunset Strip advertising the Beatles’ last recorded album, Abbey Road.
