Darkansas - by Jarret Middleton (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>A Powell's Top Five Staff Pick of 2017<br> A Library Journal Top Fall Indie Fiction Pick<br> The Nervous Breakdown Book Club Official Selection November 2017<br> A Spinetingler Magazine Best Books of 2017<br> A Barnes & Noble Recommended Read<br> A Chicago Review of Books Recommended Read<br> A Volume 1 Brooklyn Recommended Read<br> A Book Riot Recommended Read<br></b> Jordan is a country musician living in the shadow of his father, bluegrass legend Walker Bayne. A man who has made a lifetime of poor decisions, Jordan bounces between dive bars, accruing women and drinking himself to the brink of disaster. When he returns home to the Ozarks for his twin brother's wedding, Jordan discovers a curse that has haunted the Bayne family for generations.<br> As old tensions resurface and Jordan searches for a way to escape his family's legacy, a mysterious hill dweller and his grotesque partner stalk the brothers' every move, determined to see the curse through to its end. Praised by Donald Ray Pollock as one of the best debuts of the year, Middleton establishes himself as a novelist in good company with Brian Panowich and Smith Henderson, yet in a category all his own.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"Middleton's tale is irresistibly gothic" <br>-<i>Barnes & Noble</i><br> "A novel in the Southern Gothic tradition...<i>Darkansas</i> looks like it will live up to its name for sure." <br>-<i>BookRiot</i><br> "An edgy, modern version of Southern Gothic, with plenty of atmosphere and action." <br>-<i>Literary Hub</i><br> A book that deserves many readers, one I suspect will be passed around for many years. ... Middleton's creepy, crawly sentences are laden with gothic thicket, and the atmosphere he evokes is mystical. ... In a memorable and skilled novel, Middleton suggests that there are unexplained mysteries out there, and that their presence may play a heavier hand in our daily lives than we'd like to believe. <br>-<i>Arkansas Times</i><br> "<i>Darkansas</i> is a dark, compelling novel of country noir about a family with a secret past and a curse several generations old... a novel that shares DNA not only with the best contemporary Southern Gothic and country noir authors but also with literary giants like William Faulkner and Cormac McCarthy."<br>--Criminal Element<br> "From the get-go, Middleton grabs readers with an eerie dream about a violent death, a portent of things to come in his page-turning debut about a family's curse...the book is elevated by Middleton's prose, especially the rough and textured descriptions of the landscapes and environment."<br>--<i>Publishers Weekly</i><br> A well-carved story of a family's curse, as brittle and grotesque as any works in the vein of Faulkner or O'Connor. A subversive twist on Southern myths that's surprisingly rich in its execution.<br>--<i>Kirkus Reviews</i><br> "Finding the right phrase to describe Jarret Middleton's new novel isn't easy. It's a tale of the tensions within a family; it's the story of that family's bloody history; and it's an account of bizarre and uncanny forces heightening existing conflicts and transforming them into something horrific. Classifying this book isn't easy, but the tense and gripping sensations that reading it sparks are undeniable."<br>--Vol 1 Brooklyn<br> Old grudges, regrets, jealousy and 150 years of buried secrets.... Bleak, perhaps, but <i>Darkansas</i> also shines with a light of empathy for a family with more than its share of bad luck to go along with its bad genes.<br>--<i>Shelf Awareness</i><br> "The devil didn't go down to Georgia, he went to Arkansas, where the Bayne family struggle against Beelzebub's grip on their collective fates. Middleton's ferocious debut has it all-sex, song, sadness, and a history as dark and twisted as the Ozark hollers that fill these pages. Holy hell, what a book."<br>-Peter Geye, author of <i>Wintering</i><br> "Gritty, ghostly, poetic...one of the best debuts of the year." <br>-Donald Ray Pollock, author of <i>The Heavenly Table</i><br> "A mesmerizing debut [. . .] There is a dark magic in Middleton's prose that is impossible to resist." <br>-Jonathan Evison, <i>New York Times</i> best-selling author of <i>The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving</i><br> "Middleton's lush writing creates an atmosphere both beauitful and horrific. A grand debut that pushes the limits of 'Southern Gothic' and delivers an engrossing story of family, love, and fate." <br>-Kathi Kirby, Powell's Books, Portland, OR<br> "Middleton's brilliant debut is a vivid, haunting page-turner in the American gothic tradition." <br>-Garth Stein, <i>New York Times</i> best-selling author of <i>The Art of Racing in the Rain</i><br> "A slow burn [. . .] Before you know it you can't put it down. A barbed meditation on fear, family, and the monstrousness of fate." <br>-Brian Evenson, author of <i>Last Days</i><br> "A delicious blend of the gritty reality inherent in dysfunctional family relationships and the magical realism of small towns in the mythic 'deep south' [. . .] You can practically hear Ry Cooder's guitar licks playing in the background."<br>-Paul Hanson, Village Books, Bellingham, WA<br> "Reminiscent of the works of Larry Brown and Rick Bass; richly drawn, refreshing, and authentic [. . .] An innovative literary voice that I look forward to following for decades to come." <br>-Nickolas Butler, author of <i>The Hearts of Men</i><br><br>
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