From a press release:
Tony Earley reads at Malaprop’s, Sept. 4
TONY EARLEY, Reading, Q&A and Signing
MR. TALL: A Novella and Stories
Thursday, Sept. 4, at 7 p.m.
Malaprop’s Bookstore/CafeTwo decades after his debut collection Here We Are in Paradise heralded Tony Earley as one of the most accomplished writers of his generation, the rueful, bittersweet, and riotous stories of MR. TALL reestablish him as a mythmaker and tale spinner of the first rank. These stories introduce us not only to ordinary people seeking to live extraordinary lives, but also to the skunk ape (a southern variant of Bigfoot), the ghost of Jesse James, and a bone-tired Jack the Giant Killer. Whether it’s Appalachia, Nashville, the Carolina Coast, or a make-believe land of talking dogs, each world Earley creates is indelible.
Kirkus Reviews describes the book as being “punctuated by sharp insights and wry observations on the human condition, featuring strong, idiosyncratic characters having small epiphanies in their small towns.”
Tony Earley is the author of four previous books including the novels The Blue Star and Jim the Boy. He lives with his family in Nashville, Tennessee.
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