BOOKS
WEST OF HERE
Coming in fall 2010 from Algonquin
An epic western adventure wrapped in the history of one small town, from the rugged mudflats of the northwestern frontier, to a rusting strip mall cornucopia, West of Here is a conversation between two epochs, one rushing blindly toward the future, and the other struggling to undo the damage of the past.
“Evison bravely sets out to conquer big stories and big themes, and the result is a daring, gorgeously structured and deeply satisfying expedition of a novel. West of Here deftly connects lives and centuries, pipe dreams and fierce realities, the sensibilities of the modern with the storytelling punch of the classic. Every sentence, character and hard-won patch of Pacific Northwestern earth shimmers with kinetic truth.”
-James P. Othmer, author of The Futurist
"Intelligent, insightful, poignant, funny, endlessly entertaining and perpetually thought-provoking, West of Here announces Evison as a major new voice in American fiction."
- David Liss, author of Whiskey Rebels
"Jonathan Evison writes with a big playful heart. West of Here is a creative bonanza of a novel about the dreamers who settled this lush corner of the country and the people who wake up here today. Its characters and story lines are separated by more than a century yet bound by geography, a dam and a shared humanity that spills across these pages. The result is a book that feels as true to the Pacific Northwest as its drizzling rain, shucked oysters and Douglas Firs."
-Jim Lynch, author of The Highest Tide and Border Songs
ALL ABOUT LULU
Washington State Book Award Winner
Hudson Best of '08
Time Out Chicago Best of '08
San Antonio Express Best of '08
Los Angeles Times Summer Reading List
Seattle Post Intelligencer Summer Reading List
"All About Lulu hits you right in the place that good music does, with a sharp, heady sweetness."
-Time Out Chicago
"Evison's debut is a stunner! . . . viciously funny and deeply felt . . ."
-Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"A knockout . . . a debut novel worth getting excited about."
-Michael Upchurch, Seattle Times
"All About Lulu reads like Salinger for the Freaks and Geeks-meets-Wes Anderson crowd, a whip smart Gen X Lolita . . . an auspicious debut for a writer with equal parts heart and reckless verve."
-Gerry Donaghy, Powell's
"Evison’s debut novel glows with evocative details and unforgettable scenes . . .All About Lulu is a story of sweet complexity, about the people you want to hold on to, and the ones you have to let go."
-Time Out New York
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