Arkansas (Advance Reading Copy)

John Brandon

ISBN 10: 1932416900 / ISBN 13: 9781932416909

Published by McSweeney's Publishing, San Francisco, 2008

About this Item

ADVANCE READING COPY. A very fine (as-new) copy. A clean, unmarked copy. Comes with protective sleeve. RARE, beautiful advance reading copy of Brandon's first novel. Seller Inventory # FLAHIVE-1507

Bibliographic Details

Title: Arkansas (Advance Reading Copy)

Publisher: McSweeney's Publishing, San Francisco

Publication Date: 2008

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: As New

Edition: 1st Edition

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Review:

John Brandon’s remarkable first novel will blow away a certain readership. . . . Arkansas rants against the machine in a voice combining Raymond Chandler’s side-of-the-mouth noir with Quentin Tarantino’s gleeful-psychopath wit and Mark Twain’s episodic romance of the journey.” San Francisco Chronicle

Brandon’s premier novel is a must for those who love the criminal and the stern yet dark optimism of the existential. His vision of Arkansas is unique, his wit is sharp, and the sympathy he has for his characters is genuine. For all the dark alleys Brandon explores, both physically and psychologically, Arkansas’s power rests in its redefining and restructuring of the criminal’s only hope: family.” PopMatters

Add novelist John Brandon to your list of hipster-sanctioned must-reads . . . Brandon’s writing is so sparse it sometimes feels blasé, but the tension between his hard-boiled prose and his characters’ appealing naiveté makes the novel work.” The Portland Mercury