The Cold Last Swim by Junior Burke is finalist for Sidewise Awards
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.
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.
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…
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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…
The Town Crazy (Gibson House Press, September 2020), by folk rock icon Suzzy Roche, is set in the fictional town of Hanzloo, Pennsylvania, in 1961. A single father moves…
In The Cold Last Swim (Gibson House Press, May 2020) by Junior Burke, a televised confrontation between James Dean and Ronald Reagan kicks off a novel of alternate history,…
“The writing is exquisite. . . . Wonderful characters, beautiful plotting, and a dramatic finale add up to a splendid novel.”
“Finally, the great indie-rock novel. . . . A heart-bruising story—like Dostoevsky in a DIY punk space.”
“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.”
“Cast in the style of noir, albeit sunny California noir . . . Burke’s narrative is a whirlwind escape into the speculative Land of What-If,” and “the timing . . . might well be perfect. We can be entertained in Burke’s alternate land of the stars and the star-struck just at a time when the real world brakes to a dead stop.”