The Lost Prayers of Ricky Graves

A review of James Han Mattson’s debut novel

Chloe Cuthbert
Nov 2 · 6 min read
NPR.org

In March 2018, I read the debut novel of author James Han Mattson, The Lost Prayers of Ricky Graves. I’ll admit, it sat in my queue on Kindle since I chose it as my first read in November 2017.

I probably read 20 books from November until March. Each time it came up as the next book to read, I found something…

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