A strangeness we inhabit fully, effortlessly. Here is a new hard-boiled historic political domestic morally compromised-realism at its most realistically irreal. "In Lon Otto’s exquisitely detailed yet expertly understated neo-noir novel, The Flower Trade, we may have found our American Graham Greene, florid and foul, gorgeous ugliness. It is wise and funny, beautifully written, and utterly convincing-an unforgettable story, impeccably told."-Mick Cochrane, author of Flesh Wounds and Sport With courage and compassion, it explores mysterious and ultimately dangerous places: the thick and tangled wilderness of desire and love, those we love, and ourselves. " The Flower Trade charts an American family’s journey to Costa Rica seeking peace and salvation. Set in the recent past, the currents and under-currents of threatened violence, overt and covert political moves, weapons hidden where the children always find them, the reader is caught and held by extraordinary writing-scenes with such tension, we fear for each of the characters, their survival, yes, and also how relentless stress changes their souls, their hearts."-Deborah Keenan, author of ten collections of poetry, and a book of writing ideas, from tiger to prayer "Otto gives us a family from North America, out of rhythm within themselves and each other, struggling to build a new life in Costa Rica. From its evocative depictions of Costa Rica to its moving portrait of a family in crisis, every sentence of The Flower Trade speaks the truth."-Nathan Hill, author of The Nix It is a book about the strange agonies of the heart-love and regret and desire-masterfully written and vividly observed. "Lon Otto has given us a gorgeous and harrowing novel, a story of a family moving to the tropics to reinvent themselves, only to find that old troubles have followed them, while new troubles await.
The Flower Trade by Lon Otto PRAISE FOR LON OTTO'S THE FLOWER TRADE
0 kommentar(er)
