Fiction: 'West of Loveland' by Tom Drury

Tom Drury returns to the fictional Midwest world of Grouse County in West of Loveland, revisiting a setting that has appeared in four of his novels. The book centers on residents of the county who are getting older but still preserve their distinctly human quirks. Drury has never specified where Grouse County is located in real-world geography, and that gap has pushed readers to “do some sleuthing” to place it. The story continues the author’s interest in community character and enduring oddities, using a setting that remains deliberately ambiguous to keep the focus on the people within it.