Asked by a publisher to write a preface to her late husband’s novel, Edna defiantly sets out to write a separate book ?not just about Clarence but also about my life, as one could not pretend to under
Living on a diet of cupcakes, sardines, and Southern Comfort during the economic hardships of the Nixon era, Andrew Whittaker - literary journal editor, negligent landlord, and aspiring novelist - wr
"Sam Savage [creates] some of the most original, unforgettable characters in contemporary fiction. . . . Readers are left with a voice so strong that Savage is able to derive significance from these e
Praise for Sam Savage:"Savage's is a book of the heart as much as the head. Which is itself an accomplishment of no small note: to recognize the arbitrary, degraded thing that is memory, and allow it
In the basement of a Boston bookstore, Firmin is born in a shredded copy Finnegans Wake, nurtured on a diet of Zane Grey, Lady Chatterley’s Lover, and Jane Eyre (which tastes a lot like lettuce). Whil
Praise for Sam Savage:"With paragraphs as rich as koans, this is as powerful a meditation on living life—and facing its end—as you are likely to read anytime soon."—Booklist"Stream-of-consciousness fi
