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Аннотация
Genre-subverting mystery. Should have crossover appeal to noir fans.This is Kirby's third novel. His previous novel, Our Napoleon in Rags, received good nice critical attention.Can expect a good amount of local attention in KY, as Kirby was subject of a PBS documentary on Kentucky writers and previous book was nominated for Kentucky Book Award.
Аннотация
The Bookmarked series focuses on a famous work of literature that left a powerful impression on an author (hence the name, Bookmarked—a book that left its mark). Each entry in the series will be a no-holds-barred personal narrative detailing how a particular novel influenced an author on their journey to becoming a writer, as well as the myriad directions where that journey has taken them.In the first book in the series, critically acclaimed author and series editor Kirby Gann takes on John Knowles' classic about the tragic friendship between two boys at a boarding school. [b]Kirby Gann is the author of the novels [i]Ghosting, [i]Our Napoleon in Rags and [i]The Barbarian Parade. He is the recipient of an Individual Artist Fellowship and two Professional Assistance Awards from the Kentucky Arts Council. Gann is managing editor at Sarabande Books, and teaches in the brief-residency MFA in writing program at Spalding University.
Аннотация
From a writer called “an important new voice in fiction” by Bret Lott and a “novelist of daring creativity and passion” by Edmund White, comes Our Napoleon in Rags . It’s the story of the regulars at the Don Quixote, a bar in a decaying Midwestern city, whose lives are torn apart when their self-appointed “Napoleon,” Haycraft Keebler, bipolar son of a famous local politician, falls in love with a 15-year-old male hustler. Weaving the hot-button issues of mental illness, pedophilia, racism and police brutality through a novel that is Victorian in its graceful storytelling, Kirby Gann has created not only an extraordinary read, but a biting commentary on contemporary America. Kirby Gann is the managing editor of Sarabande Books and teaches in the MFA program at Spalding University.