David McConnell Reviews

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David McConnell is the author of this Silver Hearted, a book, 2010, also a finalist for the Lammy and Ferro-Grumley awards. His novel The Firebrat came out in 2004. Journalism and his short fiction have appeared widely in anthologies and journals. He lives in New York City. His most recent publication is AMERICAN HONOR KILLINGS: Desire and Rage among Guys, a literary spin on "True Crime" non-fiction (Akashic, 2012). Sebastian Junger calls it "A stunning exploration of Manhood in America." Publishers Weekly describes it as a "Journalistic tour de force." And Evan Wright, author of Generation Kill, praises it as "A masterpiece of reportage."

Praise for The Silver Hearted: "David McConnell is the most fascinating, original and exotic author I've come around in years. The atmosphere he generates in THE SILVER HEARTED is imbued with fear, mystery, lust, sleaze, jealousy and attractiveness. A constant undertow of violence will be at work in his narrative's suspense. The world he creates is familiar, but is in the exact same time a kind of nightmare. He's by turns grotesquely macabre and sublime. I can't recommend this haunting, lovely book too highly." -Patrick McGrath

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