As some of you may know, my first novel, Icelander, was released last summer through McSweeney's Books. Well, now the paperback is out through Grove/Atlantic, with some distribution in the UK, I believe. But anyway, it's cheap, it's beautiful, and it's written by me, so you should check it out if you haven't already. If nothing else, it will look good on your bookshelf. Here are the blurbs from the cover:
Los Angeles Times wrote:
A kind of Series of Unfortunate Events for adults... It is writing born of hysterical laughter and a lingering sense of childhood adventure.
Laura Miller, Salon wrote:
A giddy send up of postmodern fiction... endearingly wacky.
Booklist wrote:
A talented wordsmith... Long aspires to the linguistic acrobatics of Nabokov and Pynchon.
Montreal Mirror wrote:
Wacky and fantastic... Long's first novel glimmers with comic brilliance.
Calgary Herald wrote:
Unlike any book you've read before... good, albeit slightly absurd, fun.
Anyway, please check it out (even if it's just from your local library; if they don't have it, request a copy!). And if you like it, tell a friend.
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