While you were watching Sharknado, Steph Opitz decided that my novel Necessary Errors is “an endearing and thoughtful look at the expatriate experience” and said so in the August issue of Marie Claire (the write-up doesn’t seem to be online).
Category: Necessary Errors
Praise from Donald Antrim
Just got these very generous words of early praise for Necessary Errors from Donald Antrim:
“In its rich and elaborate depictions of a time and a life, of character and growth and pain, and in its psychological curiosity and emotional rigor, Necessary Errors is a rarity—a brave, humane, dignified novel of eros and youth in the shadow of history.”
Itemized on two more lists
Vanity Fair has named Necessary Errors one of the “best new books of August.” And Garth Risk Hallberg lists the novel in the Millions’ “Great Second-Half 2013 Book Preview,” writing that “Crain’s stately, wry, and generous first novel breaks the mold.” The novel comes out August 6th.
Save the dates
Here’s the schedule of the book tour for my novel Necessary Errors. I’ll keep adding details of future events here as I find out about them, so this page will continue to have up-to-date information.
Williamsburg, November 21, 2013, 7:30pm.
Pete’s Candy Store. With Sarah Bruni.
For the record, these are the events that have already taken place.
Brooklyn, August 7, 2013 (Wednesday), 7pm.
Book Court.
163 Court Street, Brooklyn, NY.Manhattan, August 12, 2013 (Monday), 7pm.
McNally-Jackson. In conversation with Lorin Stein.
52 Prince Street, New York, NYSan Francisco, August 14, 2013 (Wednesday), 6pm.
Book Passage.
1 Ferry Building, #42, San Francisco, CA.Washington, September 21, 2013 (Saturday), 3:30pm.
Politics and Prose. With Anne Sward.
5015 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, DC.Brooklyn, September 22, 2013 (Sunday), 11am.
Brooklyn Book Festival.
Borough Hall Courtroom, 209 Joralemon Street, Brooklyn, NYAustin, September 26, 2013 (Thursday), 7pm.
Joynes Literary Series, University of Texas at Austin.
Joynes Reading Room, Carothers Residence Hall 007, 2501 Whitis Ave., Austin, TX 78712.
Note: Copies of my book will not be available for sale at this reading, because of university regulations, but feel free to bring one if you’d like it signed.Bennington, October 2, 2013 (Wednesday), 7pm.
Bennington College. Franklin (a student house).
Bennington, VTManhattan, October 6, 2013 (Sunday), 7pm.
KGB Bar. With Kevin Baker.
85 East 4th St., New York, NY.Boston, October 19, 2013 (Saturday), 12:30pm.
Boston Book Festival. With Christopher Castellani, Henriette Lazaridis Power, Russ Rymer, and Dawn Tripp (host).
The Hancock Room at the Boston Common Hotel & Conference Center
A list and a review
Jimmy So and Lucas Wittmann of Newsweek have listed my novel among their “brainy beach reads” of the summer. And in the 1 July 2013 issue of Booklist, reviewer Kerri Price calls it “a compelling and heartfelt story that captures both the boundless enthusiasm and naïveté of youth” (not online, at least at the moment).