Gritty, lyrical, and character-driven, Ghost Man is the story of contemporary American marriage and masculinity in crisis. Julius is a modern day Odysseus struggling to find his way back to Grace, his Penelope. In laconic chapters that read like poetic snapshots, we are shown piece by piece the deepest layers of their psyches. McGee's skillful prose trains an unblinking eye on the difficult complexities of life, love, and sexuality to weave a narrative whose clarity, precision, and honesty shed a compassionate light on the darkness of an uncertain existence. - Wendy Chin-Tanner