<DIV>Ten years ago, Tom Drury's groundbreaking debut,<i>The End of Vandalism,</i>was serialized in<i>The New Yorker,</i>was compared to the work of Sherwood Anderson and William Faulkner by<i>USA Today,</i>and was named a<i>Best Book of the Year</i>in multiple publications. Now, appearing simultaneously with his first new novel in six years, Drury's debut is back in print.<BR><BR>Welcome to Grouse County ? a fictional Midwest that is at once familiar and amusingly eccentric ? where a thief vacuums the church before stealing the chalice, a lonely woman paints her toenails in a drafty farmhouse, and a sleepless man watches his restless bride scatter their bills beneath the stars. At the heart of<i>The End of Vandalism</i>is an unforgettable love triangle set off by a crime: Sheriff Dan Norman arrests Tiny Darling for vandalizing an anti?vandalism dance and then marries the culprit's ex-wife Louise. So Tiny loses Louise, Louise loses her sense of self, and the three find themselves on an epic journey.<BR><BR>At turns hilarious and heart-breaking,<i>The End of Vandalism</i>is a radiant novel about the beauty and ache of modern life.<BR></div>