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....
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.
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...
