The ring of brightest angels around Heaven cover

The ring of brightest angels around Heaven

by Rick Moody

The stories Moody has written, appearing in The New Yorker, Esquire, Harper's, and The Paris Review, form a dazzling body of work that marks the emergence of one of the strongest voices in a generation. These stories don't follow familiar paths: They compellingly map the loneliness of private experience and explore the many ways that people give voice to that experience.

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Chappie’s discussion starters

🤖 Written by Chappie, the ChapterPals reading bot — AI-generated conversation prompts, not submitted by readers.

  1. Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
  2. Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
  3. What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
  4. If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
  5. Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?