Blurbs

"Galveston, in its authenticity and fearless humanism, recalls only the finest examples of the form: Jacques Tourneur’s “Out of the Past” and David Goodis’s “Down There,” Carl Franklin’s “One False Move” and James Ellroy’s “Black Dahlia.” It’s an elegy to the broken and the never-weres, to those who got themselves lost so that someone—anyone—might come looking." — Dennis Lehane, author of Moonlight Mile, Mystic River, and Gone, Baby Gone "Galveston is a haunting and haunted tale, beautifully rendered, an uncommonly well written thriller moving in its descriptions of people struggling to escape the gravity of the past amid a ruinous landscape." — Kem Nunn, author of Tijuana Straights "At its core, Galveston is a story of discovery, of finding—at long last—love." —Times-Picayune "Galveston is an assured debut full of hard truths, a throwback novel that ends up shouldering the noir genre forward." — Chuck Hogan, author of Devils in Exile and Prince of Thieves "Pizzolatto, like the great Richard Ford, is drawn unceasingly to sad, even grim scenarios depicting the ways people fail to connect. And, also like Ford, he express their dissatisfaction in precise language, drawing readers into perfectly realized, frequently unconventional scenarios." —Booklist "There's much to be said for a young writer who is more concerned with describing how people search for meaning in the world than simply providing a recipe for doing so." —Atlanta Journal-Constitution "Nic Pizzolatto's beautiful, lucid prose seems to flow like water or like music. He know how to write in the marrow of his bones. This will be the first of many brilliant books. Hooray for talent, that rare and lovely gift of the gods." —Ellen Gilchrist, author of Victory Over Japan and Nora Jane "Nic Pizzolatto is one of the most exciting young writers to come along in ages. His collection is first-rate, and Pizzolatto is going to be wowing us for a long, long time to come." —Steve Yarbrough, author of Safe from the Neighbors,The Oxygen Man and Prisoners of War
Starred review: "Pizzolatto, author of the story collection Between Here and the Yellow Sea, takes a hard-edged look at the stormy life of a compassionate criminal in his impressive first novel." —Publisher’s Weekly "Pizzolatto's powerful fiction harkens back to the golden age... when O'Connor and the rest were working. He possesses an apparatently unlimited imagination and the narrative skills to bring it to bear." —William Gay, author of The Long Home and Twilight "The stories in Between Here and the Yellow Sea are clear of vision and death-defyingly beautiful. They ring like folded steel and reveal themselves in bold flashes. It's said that a well told story honors the living The stories in Pizzolatto's debut collection are alive—veins apluse, hearts brimmed with desire, voices still singing." —Adam Johnson, author of Emporium "The prose is rich and clear, the characters well defined, particularly interior lives, including the inner dialog as well as the obvious, subtle emotional layers that render these people visual and familiar. Yet they remain riddled with ambiguities and vague yearnings, dreaming of change while surrounded by dysfunctional role models, rudderless and inept at finding solutions." — Curledup.com "... a carefully crafted work shrouded in dark Southern landscapes." —Time Out Chicago "Nic Pizzolatto is a born storyteller of the first order. His characters are so authentic you know if you prick them they will holler, and if you cut them they will bleed. He penetrates the heart of ‘the old, weird America' with the insight of Dylan and the soul of Doc Boggs. Between Here and the Yellow Sea marks the debut of one of our most exciting new writers." — Randall Keenan, author of Let the Dead Bury Their Dead "These brilliant, if often bleak, stories offer a world of choices and realities. You want to stay awhile with these characters—some of them won't look you in the eye, but follow that sidelong glance; there will be something worth seeing there, something unforgettable." —Times-Picayune

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