JESS WALTER

PRAISE FOR THE ZERO

"'The Zero' could end up as the 'Catch 22' of 9/11 ... (with) its brilliant ironies, its deadpan truths, its insider smarts and its everyguy hero ... (Walter) elevates 'The Zero' above mere satire to Kafkaesque parable." -- THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

"Walter is a gifted writer with unusual breadth. And among the already proliferating and formulaic body of film and fiction grappling with Sept. 11, 'The Zero' is a standout." -- THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE

"Stunning and provocative ... exquisitely written ... 'The Zero' is by turns heartbreaking and deadpan funny." -- THE SEATTLE TIMES

"… a noir page-turner with powerful social commentary ... full of dead-on insights into our culture ... nails our often surreal post-9/11 world." -- WASHINGTON POST BOOKWORLD

"Mr. Walter (is) a ridiculously talented writer ... The best of 'The Zero' breathes life into the author’s idea of post-9/11 life as a fever dream for its characters." NEW YORK TIMES

"Walter has created a satire/tragedy that Franz Kafka and Kurt Vonnegut Jr. might appreciate … a dark allegory about the attack, the aftermath, and what has happened to America." USA TODAY

PRAISE FOR CITIZEN VINCE

"Utterly inventive ... excruciatingly breathless ... you just have to read it." WASHINGTON POST

"It's been a long time since I've read a book as compulsively, indeed greedily, as I read Citizen Vince." RICHARD RUSSO

"Wonderfully written ... hard to forget." LOS ANGELES TIMES

"Citizen Vince is fast, tough, thoughtful and funny. I loved this novel." NICK HORNBY

May 16: SPOKANE--Humanities Washington Dinner.

May 21: MOSES LAKE--Big Bend Community College.

May 22: OLYMPIA--Washington State Library reading with Jim Lynch.