JE: In recent days, we four at Three Guys have been discussing the trials and travails of authordom, from the rigors of composition, to the art of absorbing rejection, to the epic and often fruitless journey to finding an agent, to finding a publisher, to building a readership, and now it seems a logical progression would be to talk about what an author might do to help his cause in the arena of bookselling. What happens to a book after it emerges hot from the printing press is for the author perhaps the
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Dennis Haritou: I’m glad that I deliberately moved myself into the position of introducing our discussion of One More Year, a debut collection of short stories by Sana Krasikov. There is an undercurrent of dislocation in these stories in which characters, most of whom have emigrated to the U.S., try to cope with universal human dilemmas like who I am going to love and how I am to deal with my family while trying to balance a new world with the old one.
Dennis Haritou: I have seen a big spike in support for David Benioff’s novel this week, both from big guys and a diverse selection of independent accounts. It impresses me since it’s rather late in the game for this to happen. I suppose that David is focused more these days on writing his very successful screenplays, like Troy, Kite Runner, and 25th Hour among others, then on writing novels. But I wanted to assure him and his publisher, Penguin USA, that if he was planning on writing another novel, I am sure it would be very well received. I asked JR about this. His quote is below:
Jason Chambers: I’m glad to be finally having this discussion, guys. I’ve had a hard time in the last few weeks trying to avoid detailed reviews of Andre Dubus III’s The Garden of Last Days, while still needing to gauge the general reception of the heavily anticipated novel. I didn’t want anything I read to influence my interpretation of the book until we got our thoughts in print.
Jason Rice: Bright Shiny Morning is the debut novel by writer James Frey. It’s been a long while since we’ve seen anything from Mr. Frey and I was worried that there wouldn’t be much to read after the events that followed his memoir being selected by Ms. Winfrey. What’s the most exciting thing about Bright Shiny Morning? It’s a book that defies description and all at once is something profoundly original. Recently Mr. Frey was talking about first thought being best thought, and how several writers that he admired used that theory to describe how they wrote. For me I wondered for a long time if Frey would be able to carry over the wildly
Dennis Haritou: All About Lulu is a coming-of-age debut novel set in California. by an author with a diverse and, I have the feeling, fascinating background including an award winning role as a syndicated talk show host. The ability to talk like a pro has an effect on the voice in this novel which displays a refreshing orality in many of its passages; as if it were being spoken to you rather than just read: a very rare quality in fiction and quite difficult to pull off as it is here, with such ease.
Jason Chambers: This week’s book is Outtakes From a Marriage, the first novel from Ann Leary, which centers on Manhattanite Julia DeLuca and her husband Joe, a rising television star. Julia discovers that Joe is having an affair and secretly stalks him via voicemail and gossip blogs while clumsily attempting to remake herself and her life in time for the Golden Globes.
Three Guys One Book is an independent blog developed by three friends who work in the book business. Dennis Haritou has bought books for Barnes and Noble for seven years, for warehouse clubs for five, and has led a book club. He is currently Director of Merchandise at Bookazine. Jason Chambers has been in the book business for over fifteen years, including tenures as General Manager/Buyer at Book Peddlers in Athens, GA, and seven years as a Buyer and Merchandise Manager at Bookazine. He recently left Bookazine to work in Boston, as an Independent Bookstore Consultant. Jason Rice has worked in
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