Blogs in July 2020

Cry Father 30th July 2020

In the tradition of Cormac McCarthy and Larry Brown comes a haunting story about men, their fathers, their sons, and the legacy of violence. For Patterson Wells, disaster is the norm. Working alongside dangerous, desperate, itinerant men as a...

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Orange Mint and Honey 30th July 2020

Broke and burned-out from grad school, Shay Dixon does the unthinkable after receiving a “vision” from her de facto spiritual adviser, blues singer Nina Simone. She phones Nona, the mother she had all but written off, asking if she...

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Kings of Colorado 30th July 2020

Thirteen-year-old William Sheppard stabs his abusive father and is sent to the Swope Ranch Boys Reformatory, setting off a string of events that ultimately leads to a horrifying end in the Colorado mountains. Along the way, he befriends three...

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The Ringer 30th July 2020

Sidelined from coaching his sons’ baseball team because he can’t resist hollering at loafers, lollygaggers, and space cadets, Ed O’Fallon hopes focusing on his daughter’s tee-ball team will calm his temper. But just as Ed prepares to guide the...

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The Stand 25th July 2020

Stephen King’s apocalyptic vision of a world blasted by virus and tangled in an elemental struggle between good and evil remains as riveting and eerily plausible as when it was first published. ‘THE STAND is a masterpiece’ (Guardian). Set...

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