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Nicolay debut novel praise, reviews

January 19, 2022

Franz Nicolay’s Fall 2021 debut novel Someone Should Pay for Your Pain gets rave reviews and praise: “Finally, the great indie-rock novel. . . . A heart-bruising story —…

The Sturgeon’s Heart by debut novelist Amy E. Casey forthcoming April 2022

January 1, 2022

For Immediate Release Contact: [email protected] Three people in the same northern city of Duluth, Minnesota, are vanishing in different ways in The Sturgeon’s Heart by Amy E. Casey, a…

The Cold Last Swim by Junior Burke is finalist for Sidewise Awards

September 8, 2021

For Immediate Release Contact: [email protected] Junior Burke’s 2020 novel The Cold Last Swim (Gibson House Press) is a finalist for the Sidewise Awards for Alternate History.

Nicolay novel out now: The Hold Steady keyboardist pens debut

September 5, 2021

For Immediate Release Contact: [email protected] Someone Should Pay for Your Pain by Franz Nicolay (of the Hold Steady and other projects), is out from Gibson House Press. The novel follows…

PGW is the new distributor for Gibson House Press

July 5, 2021

Do you have all of our backlist titles? All backlist, frontlist, and forthcoming Gibson House Press titles are now available from our new distributor, PGW, effective May 1, 2021.…

Someone Should Pay for Your Pain coming August 2021

October 15, 2020

Someone Should Pay for Your Pain by Franz Nicolay follows singer-songwriter Rudy Pauver, his conflicted relationship with a successful former protégé, and a young niece who wants to travel…

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Praise for Buddha Was a Cowboy
By Junior Burke

“Author and songwriter Burke’s . . . portrayal of academic arts administration is both good-natured and razor-sharp. Enthusiastically recommended for fans of Julie Schumacher (Dear Committee Members; The Shakespeare Requirement), Jane Smiley (Moo), and Tom Perrotta (Tracy Flick Can’t Win).”

— Booklist
Praise for The Town Crazy
By Suzzy Roche

“Singer-songwriter Roche probes the secrets of a small American town in this immersive character-driven tale. . . . Roche’s deep understanding of [the characters] will keep readers engaged all the way to the end.”

— Publishers Weekly
Praise for Someone Should Pay for Your Pain
By Franz Nicolay

“Finally, the great indie-rock novel. . . . A heart-bruising story—like Dostoevsky in a DIY punk space.”

— Rolling Stone
Praise for The Sturgeon's Heart
By Amy E. Casey

“The writing is exquisite. . . . Wonderful characters, beautiful plotting, and a dramatic finale add up to a splendid novel.”

— Booklist
 

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