Christopher Boucher
Christopher Boucher published his first novel, How to Keep Your Volkswagen Alive (Melville House), in 2011. His new novel, Golden Delicious, from which this story is excerpted, is forthcoming from Melville House on April 26, 2016. Chris is a professor of the Practice of English at Boston College and the managing editor of Post Road Magazine. He lives in Watertown, Massachusetts, with his wife and two children.