Imagine Me Gone

Imagine Me Gone is a 2016 novel by American author and novelist Adam Haslett. It concerns a couple, Margaret and John, who marry despite John's crippling depression, and is narrated by the couple and their three children.^[1] The novel won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. It was shortlisted for the Kirkus Prize and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and longlisted for the National Book Award.^[2][3]

Imagine Me Gone

Hardcover edition
Author	Adam Haslett
Language	English
Genre	Literary fiction
Publisher	Little, Brown and Company
Publication date	3 May 2016
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (hardcover & paperback)
Pages	368 pp.
ISBN	978-0-316-26135-7

Reception

Critics particularly focused on the quality of Haslett's prose.^[1][4] Lara Feigel, writing for The Guardian called his writing "finely adapted for each of the characters".^[4] NPR's Heller McAlpin noted how, "Haslett's signature achievement in Imagine Me Gone is to temper the harrowing with the humorous while keeping a steady bead on the pathos."^[1]

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Result	Ref.
2016	Kirkus Prize	Fiction	Finalist
	Los Angeles Times Book Prize	Fiction	Won	[3]
	National Book Award	Fiction	Longlisted	[2]
	National Book Critics Circle Award	Fiction	Finalist
2017	Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence	Fiction	Longlisted
	Joyce Carol Oates Literary Prize	—	Longlisted	[5]
	Pulitzer Prize	Fiction	Finalist	[6]
	St. Francis College Literary Prize	—	Shortlisted	[7]