Anthology editor Junot Díaz called “Treasure State” a “bruising portrait of brotherly rage”.

[1] After learning that their father is getting out of prison, two brothers leave home and try to drive from Indiana to Montana, financing their trip by robbing the houses of the dead, during funerals.

At another town, Daniel meets a second young woman and insists his older brother allow her to join them.

In the next town, the older brother hides under a bed for hours after he's nearly caught breaking into the home of a young widow.

I’d read an article about some clever rural burglars, and the whole story just fell out of my head—thunk!—like an ingot onto the desk.