Jess Walter
Jess Walter's sixth novel, "Beautiful Ruins" is set for release in spring of 2012. He is also the author of "The Financial Lives of the Poets," 2009, "The Zero," a 2006 National Book Award finalist and "Citizen Vince," winner of the 2005 Edgar Award Allan Poe for best novel.
"A small masterpiece." -- Time
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'BEAUTIFUL RUINS' ON SALE JUNE 12
"The dying actress arrived in his town the only way one could come directly ..."
UPCOMING EVENTS ---- 2012 ----
JANUARY 13 -- SEASIDE, OR. -- Pacific University JANUARY 14 -- CANNON BEACH, OR. -- Cannon Beach Reading Series JANUARY 25 -- WALLA WALLA -- Humanities Washington Reading with Daniel Orozco. JANUARY 27 -- SPOKANE -- Spokane International Film Festival Q & A with Matthew Modine. FEB. 3 -- BOISE, ID. -- Learning Lab family literacy luncheon, keynote speech. MARCH 1 -- CHICAGO -- Propaganda Reading at Hay Market Pub 8 p.m. MARCH 29 -- SEATTLE -- Hugo House fundraiser. APRIL 21 -- SPOKANE -- Get Lit Literary Festival, reading/Q-A with Colson Whitehead. JUNE 12 -- RELEASE of new novel, 'BEAUTIFUL RUINS' SEPTEMBER 19 -- Purdue University SEPTEMBER 20 -- Wabash College PRAISE FOR 'THE FINANCIAL LIVES OF THE POETS' (2009)BEST NOVELS OF THE YEAR: Time, NPR's Fresh Air, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Arizona Republic, The Oregonian, Kansas City Star, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Salon.com, The Believer Readers' Poll and New West.
"A small masterpiece" -- Time
"Lifts off like a rocket" -- Boston Globe "Dangerously astute" -- New York Times "A delight" -- Entertainment Weekly "Deliciously antic" -- Washington Post "A superb farce" -- NPR's FreshAir "A joy to read" -- Nick Hornby, Parade "Witheringly dead-on" -- L.A. Times "A brilliant writer" -- Dallas Morning News "Gasp-out loud funny" -- New York Daily News "A terrific book" -- Arizona Republic "The ultimate something-for-everyone-don't-skip-must-read" -- Sara Nelson, The Daily Beast UK Reviews:
--‘Extremely funny … Walter’s sentences are beautifully weighted and his comic touch is excellent.’ Simon Baker, Literary Review -- ‘The best post-recession novel … Brilliant - and brilliantly funny,’ Esquire -- 'A rollicking comedy ... ecstatically funny and unusually big-hearted.' Financial Times -- ‘Excellent and gratifyingly funny.’ The Independent -- ‘One of the funniest books I’ve read in ages,' Irish Times -- ‘Hilarious ... beautifully laid-back.' Metro UK -- ‘Frequently funny and ... rather moving.’ The Sunday Times 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 "Wonderfully written ... hard to forget." LOS ANGELES TIMES "Citizen Vince is fast, tough, thoughtful and funny. I loved this novel." NICK HORNBY |
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