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The Substitute
Meet the author Kristen Proby |
Jay Baron Nicorvo
Dear Reader,My former sister-in-law deployed to Iraq during the Surge. When she returned stateside she severed all communication. In that absence, I imagined what might've happened to her. THE STANDARD GRAND is the result.
Dennis Lehane thinks it's "bracingly original." Booklist, in a starred review, calls it "an important and deeply human contribution to the national conversation." Kirkus says it's a "seamless blend of road-trip saga, love story, and critique of military contractors." Library Journal named it the "spiritual heir to Robert Stone's Vietnam-era classic Dog Soldiers," and booksellers say, simply, it's "a book I've been awaiting."
Write me at jay@nicorvo.net for the chance to win 1 of 5 copies!
Yours,
Jay
www.nicorvo.net
