'This book is powerful, surprising, moving--and impossible to put down.'--AUSTIN ROSS, author of Gloria Patri

'Paul Rousseau's debut memoir, Friendly Fire, feels like a shot across the memoir bow. Told in fractures, there's no meandering exposition, just an unflinching, rapid-fire account of a polarizing event--and what happens next. This is memoir writing at its best. Thoughtful. Vulnerable. Palpable. Empathetic. Hopeful.'----SMOKELONG QUARTERLY

'Rousseau recounts how he survived a gunshot wound to the head in this unique and haunting account... With punchy, insightful prose, Rousseau details the fallout, including the rift the incident caused between him and Mark, the financial challenges he faced as he tried to pay his medical bills, and the toll it all took on his psyche. Certain details are infuriating, including Mark's insurance company employing hack doctors to squash Rousseau's personal injury claim; others are unsettling, including Rousseau's assertion that the ordeal turned him into 'a rabid brute whose sole intention is to destroy.' The result is a mesmerizing and unforgettable meditation on a stranger-than-fiction tragedy.'----PUBLISHERS WEEKLY STARRED REVIEW

'Told in sharp, clean prose, with a hard-earned sense of humor, his memoir proceeds in brisk chapters that alternate between those about the accident and aftermath and those about his life, his girlfriend Anna, and his devotion to the Timberwolves basketball team... A powerful, gut-wrenching tale of pain, suffering, and recovery.'----KIRKUS REVIEWS

'One of the most riveting memoirs I've read in years, Friendly Fire unfolds with urgency and so much heart, and the magic lies in how effortlessly Paul Rousseau tells this wrenching story. This is a big-time debut from a big-time talent.'--JAMES TATE HILL, author of Blind Man's Bluff